preview by tom clausen

29 Thursday Feb 2024

Posted by Tom Clausen in A Work of Love, americana, close up details, flowers, nature, photos, plants, poems and photos, Published Poems, tanka, trees

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buds, faster, flowers, more, nature, photography, photos, poetry, reverie, tanka, traffic light, trees, want, why

in a reverie
at the long traffic light
it occurs to me
why would I want
to do more, faster

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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blossoms, clear, clouds, flower, know, knowing, nature, photography, photos, poetry, tanka, war, winter aconite, wispy, yellow

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

close up by tom clausen

17 Saturday Feb 2024

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

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beauties, being here now, born, Ithaca, nature, photography, photos, poetry, tanka, trees, troubles, winter

before I was born
no troubles
yet here and there
these beauties
of being here now

spring heart by tom clausen

15 Thursday Feb 2024

Posted by Tom Clausen in A Work of Love, americana, close up details, flowers, haiku, nature, photos, plants, poems and photos, spring, sun, tanka, winter

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buds, divorce, heart, nature, opening, photography, photos, poetry, spring, tanka, Valentine, winter

after supporting
their divorce plans
I write them a Valentine;
suggest they reconsider
it all again

deeper blue by tom clausen

08 Thursday Feb 2024

Posted by Tom Clausen in A Work of Love, americana, close up details, Ithaca, nature, parks, photos, poems and photos, reflections, sun, water reflections, winter

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alone, blue, deeper, Ithaca, nature, need, photography, photos, poetry, pond, silent, sku, Stewart Park, tanka

a deeper blue
of the sky
reflected in the water
this silent need
to be alone

winter sun by tom clausen

02 Friday Feb 2024

Posted by Tom Clausen in A Work of Love, americana, close up details, photos, poems and photos, sun, tanka, winter

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childhood, haiku, hand, held out, marbles, memories, nature, now and then, photography, photos, poetry, sun, tanka, tide

every now and then
a marble brings back
a whole tide
of collective memories
of childhood

cracked by tom clausen

14 Sunday Jan 2024

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

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arrive, cracked, drive, Ithaca, nature, opinions, photography, photos, poetry, sun, tanka

so many things
to have opinions on
yet as I drive along
I don’t arrive
at any of them

hidden forest by tom clausen

13 Saturday Jan 2024

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, Cornell, ice, Ithaca, lakes and rivers, nature, parks, paths, photos, poems and photos, reflections, tanka, trees, winter

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another life, Botanic Garden, Cornell, footbridge, Ithaca, life, nature, photography, photos, poetry, ponds, reflections, tanka, trees, treetops, winter, within

in another life
within this life
at the edge of the ice
under the footbridge
treetops

the world by tom clausen

07 Sunday Jan 2024

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, fields, Ithaca, landscapes, nature, paths, photos, poems and photos, snow, tanka, winter

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covering, falling, nature, photography, photos, poetry, snow, tanka, the way, tracks, trees, winter, world

the way
of the world
snow falling
covering
my tracks

the prize by tom clausen

29 Friday Dec 2023

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

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awake, drama, dramatic, dreams, growing, nature, older, photography, photos, poetry, prize, tanka, trees, vivid

is it the prize
of growing older
these vivid dreams
so much more dramatic
then what I do awake

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