forsythia by tom clausen

07 Tuesday Apr 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, flowers, haiku, nature, photos, poems and photos, spring, sun

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enough, flowers, forsythia, good, good enough, haiku, I am, nature, photography, photos, poetry, spring, yellow

spring sun
good enough
right where I am

the weight by tom clausen

05 Sunday Apr 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, flowers, gardens, haiku, nature, photos, plants, poems and photos, Published Poems, spring

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before, dawn, flowers, haiku, hours, nature, photography, photos, poetry, rain, sleep, spring, weight

rain before dawn
the two hours
I couldn’t sleep

coltsfoot by tom clausen

31 Tuesday Mar 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, flowers, nature, paths, photos, plants, poems and photos, Published Poems, spring, tanka

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beginning, coltsfoot, doubt, flowers, friend, nature, photography, photos, poetry, spring, tanka, tentative, who I am

the tentative start up
of talk . . .
to a new friend?
beginning the old doubt
of just who I am, again?

old love by tom clausen

24 Tuesday Mar 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in A Work of Love, americana, close up details, flowers, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, spring, tanka

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flowers, friends, gathering, love, nature, old, one by one, photos, poetry, solace, spent, spring, strenght, tanka, years, youth

my youth spent
gathering strength and solace
of friends near and far
these short years later
losing them one by one

waiting in the wings by tom clausen

16 Monday Mar 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, flowers, haiku, nature, paths, photos, plants, poems and photos, spring, trees

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buds, flowers, garden, haiku, photography, photos, poetry, returning, spring, vase, waiting, wings

returning the water
from the vase
to the flower garden…

crocus by tom clausen

12 Thursday Mar 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, flowers, haiku, nature, photos, plants, poems and photos, Published Poems, spring

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crocus, diary, flowers, memories, photography, photos, poetry, rebuilt, spring, sun, who

old diary
rebuilt memories
of who i was

perfection by tom clausen 3-09-26

10 Tuesday Mar 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, flowers, haiku, nature, photos, plants, poems and photos, spring

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blossom, flowers, haiku, nature, perfection, photography, photos, poetry, spring

to get this
perfection
so much winter

frosty by tom clausen

10 Wednesday Dec 2025

Posted by Tom Clausen in cemeteries, close up details, fields, ice, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, snow, tanka, winter

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cemetery, crystals, feathers, flowers, frost, ice, memory, photography, photos, pine, poetry, snow, tanka, tree, winter

under a pine
at the cemetery
a scatter of feathers…
trying to put my memory
back together again

in the garden – tom clausen

04 Tuesday Jun 2024

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, Cornell, flowers, gardens, haiku, Ithaca, nature, parks, photos, plants, poems and photos, spring

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being, blossoms, flowers, gardens, haiku, Ithaca, just to be, nature, photography, poetry

being
in the garden
just to be in the garden

wisteria – tom clausen

21 Tuesday May 2024

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, forests, haiku, Ithaca, nature, photos, poems and photos, spring, trees

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blossoming, catbird, flowers, haiku, medley, nature, photography, poetry, spring, trees, trying out, wisteria

spring incense
the catbird trying out
a medley

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Tag Archives: flowers

forsythia by tom clausen

the weight by tom clausen

coltsfoot by tom clausen

old love by tom clausen

waiting in the wings by tom clausen

crocus by tom clausen

perfection by tom clausen 3-09-26

frosty by tom clausen

in the garden – tom clausen

wisteria – tom clausen