unfurling by tom clausen

03 Sunday May 2026

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

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early summer breeze
plays the sun
across the forest ferns
everything so nice
I hardly know what to do

so many ways by tom clausen

24 Friday Apr 2026

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

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I watch my children
joyfully little and innocent
of everything ahead-
too much I know
too much to tell

he knows the way by tom clausen

18 Thursday Dec 2025

Posted by Tom Clausen in close up details, dogs, haiku, nature, photos, poems and photos

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dog, haiku, know, need, photography, photos, poetry, walks

the dog
I didn’t know
I needed

unfurling – tom clausen

12 Sunday May 2024

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

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child, ferns, fiddleheads, haiku, happiness, know, me, nature, photography, photos, poetry, spring, unfurling, waving

happiness
a child I don’t know
waving at me

peek-a-boo by tom clausen

22 Thursday Feb 2024

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, flowers, Ithaca, nature, photos, plants, poems and photos, tanka, winter

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wispy clouds
for what little I know
it is entirely clear
that I full well know
war is not the way