overnight rain – tom clausen

09 Monday Nov 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, close up details, leaves, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, raindrops, tanka, water reflections

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sometimes I catch myself
staring
as if I’m not really here,
that eerie sense
that I am lost in time…

one leaf – tom clausen

27 Tuesday Oct 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, close up details, haiku, leaves, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, roads, trees

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the way
autumn goes
leaf by leaf

maple leaf by tom clausen

29 Thursday Sep 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in close up details, haiku, leaves, nature, paths, poems and photos, trees

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early autumn-
a first blush in a leaf
and me