getting ready
for sleep
our little dog napping
off to dreamland by tom clausen
08 Saturday Nov 2025
Tag Archives: dogs
sleep score – tom clausen
09 Sunday Jun 2024
Posted in americana, close up details, dogs, haiku, nature, photos, poems and photos, spring, summer
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deep sleep, dogs, haiku, life, napping, nature, photography, photos, poetry, sleep score, spring, summer
a dog’s life
after a night of deep sleep
napping
another day by tom clausen
14 Wednesday Feb 2024
Posted in americana, close up details, haiku, Ithaca, nature, paths, photos, poems and photos, roads, winter
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another day, day, dogs, haiku, Ithaca, leads the way, nature, older, photography, photos, poetry, the way
another day older
our little dog knows
and leads the way
sharing a lick by tom clausen
09 Monday Oct 2023
Posted in A Work of Love, americana, dogs, haiku, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, summer
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dogs, haiku, ice cream, ice cream cone, licking, nature, photography, photos, poetry
nursery school
to begin with
holding hands
best friend by tom clausen
17 Wednesday May 2023
Posted in close up details, dogs, haiku, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems
the distance by tom clausen
24 Monday Apr 2023
Posted in close up details, haiku, photos, poems and photos, senryu
ghost riders by tom clausen
02 Wednesday Sep 2015
Posted in poems and photos
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curiosity, dogs, entertainment, minor leagues, monkeys, New York State, summer, Syracuse, Syracuse Chiefs, trainers, vaudeville
between innings
three goats are released
in the outfield
to be herded by Team Ghost Riders
for ‘entertainment’
capuchin monkeys
dressed as cowboys
riding border collies
open book by tom clausen
19 Sunday Apr 2015
Posted in poems and photos
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art, dogs, found art, love, marriage, nature, pets, photography, poetry, ponds, puppies, reflections, spring, tanka, trees, walks, water
before the new puppy
my wife got ten chickens,
before them two parakeets, two cats,
our two children and long ago
just me…
an open book
this day and everyday
ready to explore
eagerly by tom clausen
22 Sunday Mar 2015
Posted in poems and photos
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my son sniffs
the football-
“is it really pigskin?”
eagerly waiting
for whatever is next
passing by
tom clausen 