Thomas A Thomas
@tathomas.bsky.social
Poet, photographer, Olympia Poetry Network board member. See my Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thomasathomas
And in the slanted light of this season, the Buffleheads, in all their glory!
November 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
And in the slanted light of this season, the Buffleheads, in all their glory!
The Eared Grebes arrived yesterday, in their winter disguises. 🌤️🍂✨💖
October 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The Eared Grebes arrived yesterday, in their winter disguises. 🌤️🍂✨💖
There is so much my eyes have seen,
that my hands have done, and yet
I know almost nothing. How many losses
will it take for something like wisdom to set in?
~ Brian Turner, from Vigil
that my hands have done, and yet
I know almost nothing. How many losses
will it take for something like wisdom to set in?
~ Brian Turner, from Vigil
September 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
There is so much my eyes have seen,
that my hands have done, and yet
I know almost nothing. How many losses
will it take for something like wisdom to set in?
~ Brian Turner, from Vigil
that my hands have done, and yet
I know almost nothing. How many losses
will it take for something like wisdom to set in?
~ Brian Turner, from Vigil
Such joy, still.
September 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Such joy, still.
I felt honored enough, to be a Finalist in the Poetry category... Then I saw the company I was in... 💗
washingtoncenterforthebook.org/2025-washing...
washingtoncenterforthebook.org/2025-washing...
August 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I felt honored enough, to be a Finalist in the Poetry category... Then I saw the company I was in... 💗
washingtoncenterforthebook.org/2025-washing...
washingtoncenterforthebook.org/2025-washing...
August 18, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Off to get my spirit & voice elevated next week! Yep, along with friends and poetry loves, I'm in there. ♥️ #elkriverwritersworkshop #Montana
August 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Off to get my spirit & voice elevated next week! Yep, along with friends and poetry loves, I'm in there. ♥️ #elkriverwritersworkshop #Montana
Gliding in Eld Inlet
August 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Gliding in Eld Inlet
Guess who is the new Assistant Managing Editor at MoonPath Press?!? And also, Final Judge for the chapbook contest below, closing 7/31/2025
July 25, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Guess who is the new Assistant Managing Editor at MoonPath Press?!? And also, Final Judge for the chapbook contest below, closing 7/31/2025
Something about horses
July 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Something about horses
Happy birthday to my memoir in poems, born this day in 2024. @lanaayers23.bsky.social
June 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Happy birthday to my memoir in poems, born this day in 2024. @lanaayers23.bsky.social
May 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Seal moms enjoying the day, before this year's pups arrive....
May 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Seal moms enjoying the day, before this year's pups arrive....
My new favorite more than human neighbor, Barred Owl
April 27, 2025 at 1:53 AM
My new favorite more than human neighbor, Barred Owl
The greening time... lay down your arms and your worries, a moment or three... deep breath... then move forward as you are able.
#greening #rhododendron #poets #tookyouwithme #joyisthejusticewegiveourselves
#greening #rhododendron #poets #tookyouwithme #joyisthejusticewegiveourselves
April 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The greening time... lay down your arms and your worries, a moment or three... deep breath... then move forward as you are able.
#greening #rhododendron #poets #tookyouwithme #joyisthejusticewegiveourselves
#greening #rhododendron #poets #tookyouwithme #joyisthejusticewegiveourselves
April 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
You will need to state the reason for your visit.
Don’t say because I am carrying prayers in my suitcase
for a people who wait,
and I’ll unfold them
embroidered linens of verse
and spread them out across the land.
~ Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, from Upon Arrival
Don’t say because I am carrying prayers in my suitcase
for a people who wait,
and I’ll unfold them
embroidered linens of verse
and spread them out across the land.
~ Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, from Upon Arrival
March 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
You will need to state the reason for your visit.
Don’t say because I am carrying prayers in my suitcase
for a people who wait,
and I’ll unfold them
embroidered linens of verse
and spread them out across the land.
~ Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, from Upon Arrival
Don’t say because I am carrying prayers in my suitcase
for a people who wait,
and I’ll unfold them
embroidered linens of verse
and spread them out across the land.
~ Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, from Upon Arrival
Not a lit mag… but I am very happy to be in the March issue of Adventures NorthWest!
March 15, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Not a lit mag… but I am very happy to be in the March issue of Adventures NorthWest!
Love beyond marital, filial, national,
love that casts a widening pool of light,
love with no need to pre-empt grievance.
In today’s sharp sparkle, this winter air,
any thing can be made, any sentence begun.
~ Elizabeth Alexander, from Praise Song for the Day
love that casts a widening pool of light,
love with no need to pre-empt grievance.
In today’s sharp sparkle, this winter air,
any thing can be made, any sentence begun.
~ Elizabeth Alexander, from Praise Song for the Day
February 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Love beyond marital, filial, national,
love that casts a widening pool of light,
love with no need to pre-empt grievance.
In today’s sharp sparkle, this winter air,
any thing can be made, any sentence begun.
~ Elizabeth Alexander, from Praise Song for the Day
love that casts a widening pool of light,
love with no need to pre-empt grievance.
In today’s sharp sparkle, this winter air,
any thing can be made, any sentence begun.
~ Elizabeth Alexander, from Praise Song for the Day
I theoretically knew this would be coming, and I may or may not have stood by my mailbox in the snow… but a real piece of paper from the Pushcart Prize humans came in my mail today!! 💗💓💗💓💗 #pushcartprize
February 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I theoretically knew this would be coming, and I may or may not have stood by my mailbox in the snow… but a real piece of paper from the Pushcart Prize humans came in my mail today!! 💗💓💗💓💗 #pushcartprize
but all alive and all the lives
persist perpetual
in jeopardy
persist
as scarce as every one of us
as difficult to find
or keep
as irreplaceable
as frail
as every one of us
~ June Jordan, from On a New Year’s Eve
persist perpetual
in jeopardy
persist
as scarce as every one of us
as difficult to find
or keep
as irreplaceable
as frail
as every one of us
~ June Jordan, from On a New Year’s Eve
February 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
but all alive and all the lives
persist perpetual
in jeopardy
persist
as scarce as every one of us
as difficult to find
or keep
as irreplaceable
as frail
as every one of us
~ June Jordan, from On a New Year’s Eve
persist perpetual
in jeopardy
persist
as scarce as every one of us
as difficult to find
or keep
as irreplaceable
as frail
as every one of us
~ June Jordan, from On a New Year’s Eve
Come see me, if you’re in the neighborhood?
February 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Come see me, if you’re in the neighborhood?