frogpond v.42:3 fall 2019
how short
a distance
the sparrow can fly
sparrows can fly by tom clausen
18 Friday Oct 2019
Posted in americana, birds, Frogpond, haiku, nature, poems and photos, Published Poems, Tom poems at other sites
Tag Archives: flying
black swallowtail series by tom clausen
05 Wednesday Aug 2015
Posted in butterflies, fields, flowers, landscapes, nature, poems and photos, summer, tanka
Tags
art, beauty, design, fields, Finger Lakes, fleeting, flitting, flying, hilltop, micropoetry, Mt. Pleasant, New York, observe, photography, poetry, polinators, summer, swallowtail, tanka, thistles, wildflowers, witness
could be I’m tired
or lost, but to close my eyes
and nod off
while the world goes on
gives me a certain peace
black swallowtail
chooses to settle a spell
on a purple thistle
jay by tom clausen
23 Thursday Apr 2015
Posted in birds, nature, poems and photos
Tags
feathers, feeders, flight, flying, nature, observance, photography, poetry, spring, witness
the feeder-
the gift of flight visits
one by one
blue jay…
my day spent without
any scolding
tom clausen 