Michael Thomas Thoughts on Poetry, Stories, Pictures, Travel Blogger

Yes, I Know. It's Been Over a Month. Read the Blog to Find Out Why. Oh! And a Couple New Poems!

Two Crows Stealing Food from a Blue Jay Why, oh, why have I not been blogging for a month now? I have been waiting. Walk with Words is...

Poetry and Thoughts on Poetry

7 days ago4 min read

Missed a Week, So How About Three Poems?

Google Gemini generated sketch of blue jay and mockingbird in my cherry tree Yeah, I am sorry. I skipped posting a blog last week. It was...

May 174 min read

Second Proof of Walk with Words Arrives Tomorrow! Plus, Two New Verses!

Cartoon Crow Tugging at a Flower: Created by Google Gemini, edited by me. According to the UPS tracking app, the second proof of Walk...

Poetry and Thoughts on Poetry

May 42 min read

Proof Revised, Second Proof on the Way: A New, Maybe the Last, Crow Brothers Ditty

A Crow Shivaree: Image by Google Gemini, altered and edited by me Well, dear readers, after Kellie and I both went over the first proof...

Poetry and Thoughts on Poetry

Apr 274 min read

I Have a Proof! Also, a New Two Crow Brothers Verse!

Two Crows Tug-of-War: Created by Google Gemini Holy Cow! Did I have a lot of revising to do when the first proof arrived. The back cover...

Poetry and Thoughts on Poetry

Apr 201 min read

STILL Waiting on the Proof Copy, But I Have a Brand New Two Crow Brothers Poem

The Two Crow Brothers on a Fence Yes, you read the title correctly. USPS says that the proof copy of our book will be here tomorrow. It...

Poetry and Thoughts on Poetry

Apr 131 min read

Waiting on the First Proof And a New Crow Brothers Ditty

Front Cover of Walk with Words Well, the book is published, and I am waiting for the first proof. Kellie has already made a suggestion...

Poetry and Thoughts on Poetry

Apr 62 min read

Finishing Up A Walk with Words with Several Three Crow Brothers Poems

Three Crow Brothers: A Gemini Generated Image Well, my friends, this is it. I spent the last few days of the previous week revising the...

Poetry and Thoughts on Poetry

Mar 306 min read

A Big Ol' Murder of Crow Brothers Poems with an Introduction

One of the Crow Brothers Boy, howdy! If you haven't read any of the three crow brothers poems, you are about to do so. I have nine left...

Poetry and Thoughts on Poetry

Mar 266 min read

All Poems Revised Except the Three Crow Brothers!

A Purplish, White Anemone Holy cow! I was on a tear revising poems this week until I got struck down by the flu or some other dread...

Poetry and Thoughts on Poetry

Mar 169 min read

Another Batch of Poems from the Steaming Pot of A Walk with Words: Book Revisions Half Done!

First Flower in the Yard 2025 Well, I am beginning to be able to see the end of revisions on the A Walk with Words book. I think that I...

Poetry and Thoughts on Poetry

Mar 94 min read

A New Batch, An Idea About Sketches, and Not a Lot of Words

The Three Crow Brothers: A Sketch Well, I do not want to waste a bunch of words here because I am giving you so many poems to read below,...

Poetry and Thoughts on Poetry

Mar 26 min read

A Bunch of Poems Because I Did Some Math and Figured Revisions Were Going Too Slowly

Icy Roots in the Stream Well, anyone who knows me knows that I am an English person, a word person, and an avid reader. I do not do math....

Poetry and Thoughts on Poetry

Feb 238 min read

An Odd Combination of Thoughts That Can't Be Shared and Thoughts That Are Being Shared: Two Revised Poems

A Rock in the Woods Near Moccasin Spring Well, I had to take the flashdrive to work with me on Wednesday, but I got a couple of poems...

Poetry and Thoughts on Poetry

Feb 162 min read

Shadows and Early Iris Blooms: Getting Ahead of the Past Year

Not an Early Iris Bloom Well, my friends, I didn't have a picture of my shadow or an early iris bloom, so an iris bloom from March 31 of...

Poetry and Thoughts on Poetry

Feb 93 min read

Reviewing, Revising, and Crows? Oh, My!

The Almost Forgotten Snow on the Pond and Fishing Dock As the snow is completely gone and almost completely forgotten on this 70 degree,...

Poetry and Thoughts on Poetry

Feb 23 min read

Special Guest Poet Marty Gerlach, Another Morning Kiss, and a New Three Crow Brothers

Stars That Fell from the Sky Not only is my Aunt Marty Gerlach the guest poet this week, but she also provided the photo above of the...

Poetry and Thoughts on Poetry

Jan 263 min read

The Second Revised Poem: Wow! This Is Hard!

Willow Tree in the Morning Light Holy Moley! I am only working on revising the second poem of the Poem-a-Week challenge, and my mind is...

Poetry and Thoughts on Poetry

Jan 202 min read

Ah! Weeks and Months of Wonderful Revision

The Park Stream in the Snow As you can probably guess, with revisions and editing of the Poem-a-Week poems going on, I will not be...

Poetry and Thoughts on Poetry

Jan 123 min read

A Murder of Three Crow Brothers Poems: Alas! The End of Poem-a-Week

As I indicated last week, I have been walking a bunch over the last few weeks, mostly just me and Luna, and I "entertain" myself when...

Poetry and Thoughts on Poetry

Jan 54 min read

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