matrix by tom clausen

12 Tuesday May 2026

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

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alone, desire, gardens, landscapes, life, matrix, nature, photography, photos, poems, poetry, red, sedum, spring, swept away, tanka

this desire to just be
alone
with all these poems
swept away again and again
by the bigger poem of my life

red slippers by tom clausen

20 Monday Apr 2026

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

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balance, haiku, nature, photography, photos, poetry, rain, raindrops, red, redbud, slippers, spring

redbud slippers
big enough to balance
a raindrop

bud by tom clausen

10 Friday Apr 2026

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

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begun, bud, left, little, love, maple, nature, photography, photos, poetry, red, reserve, spring, tanka

a little red
begun in the crown
of the maple…
that reserve of love
I still have left

rainy red by tom clausen

06 Friday Mar 2026

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

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cardinal, deeper, haiku, nature, photography, photos, poetry, rain, red, seeing, thicket, winter

seeing me…
the cardinal goes deeper
into the thicket…

sun berries by tom clausen

25 Wednesday Feb 2026

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

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berries, haiku, nature, photography, photos, poetry, red, sun, winter

sun on snow…
losing my train
of thought

snow caps by tom clausen

25 Sunday Jan 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, haiku, nature, photos, plants, poems and photos, snow, vines, winter

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berries, caps, haiku, hear, listening, nothing, photography, photos, poetry, red, snow, winter

listening
when there is nothing
to hear

red berries by tom clausen

22 Thursday Jan 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, fields, forests, haiku, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, winter

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cardinal, haiku, photography, photos, picture, poetry, red, red berries, white, window, winter

picture window
in all that white
a cardinal

waiting by tom clausen

26 Friday Dec 2025

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, haiku, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, winter

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alone, berries, checking, haiku, photography, photos, plant, poetry, reality, red, room, waiting

alone in the waiting room
checking the plant
for reality

red and white by tom clausen

04 Thursday Dec 2025

Posted by Tom Clausen in A Work of Love, americana, close up details, haiku, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, snow, winter

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berries, cardinal, haiku, photography, photos, picture window, poetry, red, snow, white, winter

picture window
in all that white
a cardinal

bittersweet by tom clausen

06 Thursday Nov 2025

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, fields, haiku, landscapes, nature, photos, poems and photos

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berries, bittersweet, fields, haiku, nature, photos, poems, poetry, red

taking over
more of the field
bittersweet

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