standing tall by tom clausen

15 Sunday Feb 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in poems and photos, nature, americana, plants, winter, gardens, tanka, snow, Published Poems, photos

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card, garden, nature, path, photography, photos, pick up, snow, tanka, winter, wreckage, yard, year

as I pick up
winter wreckage
from our yard, it sinks in
no card from her
this year

Mann Library Daily Haiku by Don Baird

06 Friday Feb 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in Mann Library Daily Haiku

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global warming
the seal’s voice also lost
at sea

-Don Baird

angel dust by tom clausen

06 Friday Feb 2026

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

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angels, behind, better, dust, ever, felt, further, parents, past, photography, photos, poetry, slip, snow, tanka, winter, wondering

wondering if this is what
my parents felt,
in their own time
seeing a better past
slip ever further behind

conglomerate by tom clausen

04 Sunday Jan 2026

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, nature, paths, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, snow, tanka, winter

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card, conglomerate, photography, photos, poetry, snow, stone, tanka, winter, wreckage, year

as I pick up
winter wreckage
from our yard, it sinks in
no card from her
this year

bubble up by tom clausen

21 Sunday Dec 2025

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, ice, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, puddles, reflections, tanka, winter

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bubble, bubble up, cawing, crows, ice, mind, one, photography, photos, poetry, puddle, settles, silence, sitting, tanka, zendo

at the zendo
sitting in near silence
my mind settles in…
that one crow
caw cawing

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

silence between us by tom clausen

06 Saturday Dec 2025

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, deer, ice, nature, photos, poems and photos, snow, tanka, winter

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cold, creek, crystals, deer, ice, photos, poetry, running, silence, tanka, walk, winter

the cold walk,
silence
between us,
the creek running
under ice

cradled by tom clausen

26 Wednesday Nov 2025

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, close up details, leaves, photos, poems and photos, tanka

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irony, leaves, letting go, life, love, oak leaf, photography, photos, poetry, tanka, world

how ironic
coming to love
this life and world
and at the same time
letting it all go…

cloud gazing by tom clausen

23 Sunday Nov 2025

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, clouds, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, tanka

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clouds, empty, mind, photography, photos, poetry, tanka, thought

cloud gazing…
I thought about it
but wasn’t sure
what I’d do
with an empty mind

dream time by tom clausen

21 Friday Nov 2025

Posted by Tom Clausen in poems and photos, nature, americana, parks, water reflections, tanka, ponds, reflections, photos, Cornell

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photography, nature, water, poetry, tanka, dreams, ponds, reflections, photos, blue sky, theater

pulling the sheet
and covers back
I get in and lie down
prepared for the theater
of my dreams…

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standing tall by tom clausen

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