Thomist Poet
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Thomist Poet
@thomistpoet.bsky.social
Founder of the Thomist Poets reading series. Social media editor at “Dappled Thing.” Writer whose recent work has appeared in “Poetry South,” “The New Verse Review,” and “America.”

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The #ThomistPoets are celebrating one year by inviting back some of our first readers. Join us at 7 pm EST on Sunday, November 16. www.christopher-honey.com/event-detail...
November Thomist Poets Reading - One Year Anniversary Doubleheader | Christopher Honey
Our first Thomist Poets event was November 2024 and to celebrate, we are bringing back our first reader, Jon Bishop, who is teaming up with Maura Harrison for a night of poetry and faith.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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October 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I don't approve of the means by which it was taken down, but I can't support using taxpayer money to put statues to people who directly and deliberately ordered the shooting and killing of US military personnel. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Confederate statue torn down during 2020 protests is back up in D.C.
The National Park Service announced in August its plan to return the refurbished statue of Confederate Gen. Albert Pike to a small federal park at Third and D streets NW.
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October 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The #ThomistPoets have survived for a whole year. A year of hearing poetry and fiction, discussions about craft and spending some time each month thinking about literature. Help us celebrate with an anniversary doubleheader reunion. www.christopher-honey.com/event-detail...
November Thomist Poets Reading - One Year Anniversary Doubleheader | Christopher Honey
Our first Thomist Poets event was November 2024 and to celebrate, we are bringing back our first reader, Jon Bishop, who is teaming up with Maura Harrison for a night of poetry and faith.
www.christopher-honey.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I'm always bemused to hear #MAGA faux-intellectuals express shock and horror when the #Pope publicly supports #Catholic social justice teachings based on #Gospels and Revelation.
October 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The next virtual edition of the Thomist Poets Reading Series is happening this Sunday, September 21, at 7 pm EST. This month, I'm pleased to feature the award-winning poet, essayist, and educator, Brian Brodeur.

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Thomist Poets Reading Series - Featuring Brian Brodeur | Christopher Honey
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September 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The new #ThomistPoets reading is coming up in a few weeks! On September 21 at 7 pm EST, the poet Brian Brodeur will be reading. Learn a little more (including the super secret google meet link) at www.christopher-honey.com/event-detail...
Thomist Poets Reading Series - Featuring Brian Brodeur | Christopher Honey
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August 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Sarah Cortez will be talking about poetry and education at the next Thomist Poets event
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Sarah Cortez will be talking about poetry and education at the next Thomist Poets event
Join online on Sunday, August 17, at 7 pm EST
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August 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I hope you're marking your calendar to hear Sarah Cortez featured at the next #ThomistPoets reading on Sunday, August 17!
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Thomist Poets Reading Series Presents Sarah Cortez | Christopher Honey
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July 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
This sacred place holds our national memory. Don’t politicize it. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | This sacred place holds our national memory. Don’t politicize it.
Trump’s attack on the stewards of our country’s heritage and history is an attack on our national sense of self.
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June 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I’m in there, so please read it!
I'm honored to release a special issue featuring the poetry grads of the MFA program of University of St Thomas, Houston. This issue is edited by @dacooperpoet.bsky.social and Mary Grace Mangano. Read work by @jwyoung.bsky.social, @tnichollsmith.bsky.social, @jonjosephbishop.bsky.social, and others.
June 28, 2025 at 12:18 AM
The first episode of the #ThomistPoets Book Club is now available! We are discussing Von Balthasar's influential book of theological aesthetics, "The Glory of the Lord." youtu.be/a-bVI1BeRVc?...
Thomist Books Book Club Intro to Balthasar's Theological Aesthetics
YouTube video by Thomist Poets
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June 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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I feel personally attacked.

The answer is always and indubitably, 42.
June 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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“Boys, your father wanted me to tell you that you won’t be seeing your Uncle Elon anymore because he is now in a million pieces,” said Susie Wiles theonion.com/weeping...
Weeping Trump Boys Told ‘Uncle Elon’ Blown Up In Rocket Accident
WASHINGTON—Making sure the pair were sitting down before she delivered the news, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles reportedly told the Trump boys Friday that their Uncle Elon had been blown up in a rocket accident. “Boys, your father wanted me to tell you that you won’t be seeing your Uncle Elon anymore because […]
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June 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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June 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I'm proud of having launched the #ThomistPoets, a virtual reading series and salon. This month's featured writer is the poet and artist Maura Harrison and takes places this Sunday at 7 pm EST. Learn more about this series and Maura at www.christopher-honey.com/event-list
Thomist Poets | Christopher Honey
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June 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I am so excited that Matthew Johnson is going to be our featured reader for the #ThomistPoets this Sunday. You can RSVP (and find a link to learn more about Matthew) at www.christopher-honey.com/event-detail...
Thomist Poets Reading Series - Featuring Matthew Johnson | Christopher Honey
Matthew is the first reader who did not come out of the MFA program at the University of Saint Thomas Houston and we are thrilled to have him. You can find out more about him at matthewjohnsonpoetry.c...
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May 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Pope Leo XIV used his first Sunday address to the faithful to call for peace. “Never again war,” he said to a roar from the crowd in St. Peter’s Square.
Pope Leo XIV Calls for End to War in First Sunday Blessing as Pontiff
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May 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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May 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The #ThomistPoets started with the circle that emerged out of @stthomashouston's MFA program, but I am so excited that are growing and will soon be featuring our first writer who is not part of that circle - the poet Matthew Johnson. calendar.app.google/nmANdYMcPQRG...
Thomist Poets Reading Series — Invitation via Google Calendar
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April 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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his message essentially boils down to the claim that the lives of autistic children (adults too, but the quote below is about kids) are meaningless, and the rest of society should give up on them. as @novicsara.bsky.social points out, this is exterminatory language.
I need you to look at the text of RFK's remarks last night beside a description of the 1941 German film "I Accuse" and understand how calculated this is.
RFK:
April 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
We had a wonderful crowd and lots of new faces for Sunday's #ThomistPoets reading with Valoree Dowell. Join us next month to hear from the poet Matthew Johnson. May 18 at 7 pm EST. Learn more and RSVP at www.christopher-honey.com/event-detail...
Thomist Poets Reading Series - Featuring Matthew Johnson | Christopher Honey
Matthew is the first reader who did not come out of the MFA program at the University of Saint Thomas Houston and we are thrilled to have him. You can find out more about him at matthewjohnsonpoetry.c...
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April 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Print Media to Mass Protests: “Please Turn to Page 18” newrepublic.com/article/1936... via @newrepublic.com
Print Media to Mass Protests: “Please Turn to Page 18”
Here’s how newspapers across America minimized one of the largest demonstrations since Trump’s return to power.
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April 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM