stumped – tom clausen

04 Saturday May 2024

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, spring, trees, Wabi Sabi

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my youth spent
gathering the strength and solace
of friends near and far-
these short years later
losing them one by one

years by tom clausen

01 Friday Dec 2023

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

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years since i last said sunny side up

another year

24 Friday Nov 2023

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

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autumn, falling, inevitability, leaves, nature, photography, photos, poetry, tanka, too much, world, years

another year
the inevitability
of leaves falling,
the world as it is
still too much

rose of sharon by tom clausen

20 Thursday Jul 2023

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

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by name alone
all these years
to remember

father’s day by tom clausen

21 Sunday Jun 2015

Posted by Tom Clausen in poems and photos

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the photo of my father
that I like best
is the one in the yard
the very year
I was born…

Father's Day- this long term wish to know him better...

Father’s Day-
this long term wish
to know him better…