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

Back on the Blog and the Road Again: A Travelogue and Other Amusing Info

Yes, my faithful readers, friends, family, and other, I noted that it has been two months and one day since I have posted a blog. I have...

Travelogue

Nov 24, 20235 min read

An Autumnal Portent: A New (Short) Poem and A Few Pictures of Fall Flowers

Well, folks, here it is with only a few days left in September and many different flowers in our yard have decided to bloom once again....

Poetry and Thoughts on Poetry

Sep 23, 20231 min read

The Wandering Goat: A Challenge from AI to Create a Fable

So, the other day, I am fiddling around with OpenAI trying to figure out how I am going to cope with and/or use artificial intelligence's...

Aug 27, 202311 min read

Friend: A New Poem! No Revisions Today!

Comments below the poem and pictures. ENJOY! Friend, (Inspired by a P. Shelley fragment) Sit down here and clear your mind Of all its...

Poetry and Thoughts on Poetry

Aug 12, 20232 min read

A Couple of Revisions, Some Sketches, and a Sunrise

Well, I have to be honest. Apparently, my regular readers are not too keen on reading revised poems. Generally, each blog post gets...

Poetry and Thoughts on Poetry

Aug 6, 20232 min read

Two More Revisions: This May Go Faster Than You Think

I had no idea what the flower in the picture above was without looking it up on that wonderful website: https://identify.plantnet.org/....

Poetry and Thoughts on Poetry

Aug 1, 20232 min read

Revisions, Revisions, Revisions: Or Are There Only Two?

As all my faithful readers know, I have pronounced it the Season of Revision. That's right! No new stuff until all of the old stuff is...

Poetry and Thoughts on Poetry

Jul 31, 20232 min read

The Spider's Web: Showing What Revisions Can Make Me Do

Comments after the poem! Enjoy! The Spider’s Web I saw a spider spin her web From the window in my room. I was muted in the dark. She was...

Poetry and Thoughts on Poetry

Jul 26, 20233 min read

A New Nature Poem (?) And Some Random Pretty Pictures of Nature

Comments after another picture and the poem. Enjoy! Sing Along Like All the Other Birds That a dove taking to wing Is a most poetic thing...

Jul 23, 20232 min read

Moon Diver: Slight Return (a lyric poem) And the Answer to a Reader's Question in Picture

Comments after poem! Enjoy! The Moon Diver (Slight Return) Beware the doldrums of July, When whippoorwill and firefly May make you feel...

Poetry and Thoughts on Poetry

Jul 12, 20233 min read

Surviving July: A Short Lyric Poem with Some Pictures

Going back to the old way, the comments are after the poem--and so are a couple pictures of some flowers. Surviving July A trembling ball...

Jul 10, 20232 min read

A Short Poem About Sunrises and a Few Pictures of Them

So...for the last few weeks, Kellie and I have been getting up around 5:30 AM to go on our daily walks with our dog Luna. Being out that...

Poetry and Thoughts on Poetry

Jul 5, 20231 min read

A New Nature Poem

L'est we forget that my blog is really a blog about poetry and having a place to share my poems and the pictures that accompany them, I...

Poetry and Thoughts on Poetry

Jun 30, 20232 min read

Wrapping Up the Travelogue: Personal Tips on Visiting London and the UK

Let's begin this with a picture that I left out from our day in York. I was sitting in the hotel looking at Google maps to see which...

Jun 29, 20234 min read

Day Eight: A Bus Ride, Two Plane Rides, a Helluva Lot of Walking, a Car Ride, and Back at Home

Kellie and I were up in Oxford early as usual, but there was no particular hurry. Our flight from London Heathrow was at 2:10 PM, and the...

Jun 28, 20233 min read

Day Seven: Oxford, the City of Universities and Buildings

Kellie and I were up early in Nottingham, packed our backpacks again, and headed to the train station for Oxford. The train ride from...

Travelogue

Jun 27, 20234 min read

Nottingham: Day Six, the Rest of the Day

I am going to be honest. After Kellie and I returned from Newstead Abbey, I did not take a single picture the rest of the day. Kellie...

Travelogue

Jun 26, 20233 min read

York to Nottingham: Day Six, May 26

Kellie and I got up early on Friday morning, packed up our backpacks, and walked for about 10 minutes to the York train station from the...

Travelogue

Jun 23, 20233 min read

New Pictures, An Old Poem: Purple Thistles

Well, I needed to take a day off from the England Travelogue for two reasons. One, I was getting tired of spending 1 1/2 to 2 hours a day...

Poetry and Thoughts on Poetry

Jun 15, 20232 min read

Edinburgh to York: Day Five, May 25

Kellie and I caught an early in train in Edinburgh on Thursday, May 25. I believe it was in the train station while waiting for the train...

Travelogue

Jun 14, 20236 min read

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