phoebe by tom clausen

11 Thursday Dec 2025

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, birds, close up details, fields, haiku, milkweed, nature, photos, plants, poems and photos, Published Poems, snow, winter

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bird call, clean, cleared, empty, father, haiku, milkweed, milkweed pod, nature, phoebe, photography, photos, poetry, snow, winter

“phoebe, phoebe”
my father
used to answer

cloud gazing by tom clausen

23 Sunday Nov 2025

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, clouds, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, tanka

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clouds, empty, mind, photography, photos, poetry, tanka, thought

cloud gazing…
I thought about it
but wasn’t sure
what I’d do
with an empty mind

empty mind by tom clausen

14 Thursday Dec 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, clouds, Ithaca, lakes and rivers, nature, parks, photos, poems and photos, ponds, Published Poems, reflections, tanka, trees, winter

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Botanic Garden, clouds, Cornell, empty, gazing, Ithaca, mind, nature, photography, photos, poetry, ponds, reflections, tanka, trees, winter

cloud gazing…
I thought about it
but wasn’t sure
what I’d do
with an empty mind

just checking by tom clausen

03 Monday Jul 2023

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, flowers, mailboxes, nature, photos, poems and photos, roads, summer, tanka

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daylilies, empty, flowers, mail, mailboxes, nature, photography, photos, poetry

I’m not even looking
for anything
second time out
to the empty
mailbox

hay wagon by tom clausen

05 Wednesday Aug 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in poems and photos

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art, empty, farm equipment, farming, farms, fields, Finger Lakes, hay, hay bales, haying, Ithaca, New York State, photography, poetry, summer, tanka, wagons, worn

wind outside the mall
and as I wait
with my eyes closed
a killdeer calls
from another life

hay wagon at rest, waiting for the next load

hay wagon
at rest, waiting
for the next load