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Michael Thomas Thoughts on Poetry, Short Stories, Essays, and Ramblings-It's All Here in...
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My Bluebird's Home: Two Poems in One Day! How About That?
As I did this morning, I will present the poem and then present my ramblings about the poem. Enjoy! My Bluebird’s Home I. In your azure...
Nov 23, 20222 min read
A Poem Welcoming Winter to North Arkansas in the Style of A. E. Housman
How about this? Enjoy the poem first. Then, read about the inspiration. Welcoming Winter in North Arkansas (In the style of A. E....
Nov 23, 20222 min read
Revised Uncle Boog: Part One-It's a Whole Lotta New! Also, a Great Place to Start the First Time
If you read my last post, you know that Uncle Boog and the Dogfight ended up being too short to publish as a novel but too long to...
Nov 20, 20225 min read
A Picture of a Beautiful Flower, News About What I Am Doing, and an Invitation to Revisit Uncle Boog
Kellie took this picture last week of this little flower that bloomed in a flower pot on the porch. With the 20 degree temperatures last...
Nov 13, 20222 min read
A Saturday Morning Nature Poem
Well, I haven't been writing much lately. You know my excuses, but I will state the over-arching issue: I have a job. That job involves...
Nov 5, 20222 min read
Just a Friendly Reminder to Get Your Behind to ASUMH on Wednesday, November 2 at Noon
Hey there, everybody! I am just reminding all of you that my colleague in the ASUMH English department and fellow author Annie England...
Oct 29, 20222 min read
First New Dewey Lynne Story in One Month and Three Days
(I took the picture above as Kellie and I walked at the fairgrounds two or three weeks ago. The sun was up above the dark cloud on the...
Oct 25, 20227 min read
An Announcement, Two Pictures, and a New Poem
On Wednesday, November 2 from 12:00-1:00, Annie England Noblin and I will be signing copies of our books Christmas in Blue Dog Valley and...
Oct 24, 20222 min read
A Brand Spanking New Nature Song and a Good Excuse, I Hope
My, oh, my! It has been a week exactly since I have posted anything, and eleven days since I posted anything to read. Here is why. I have...
Oct 3, 20222 min read
Remember, Tomorrow Night, 5:00-7:00 PM, Wages Brewery in West Plains, Missouri!!!!!!!
Please do not forget that accomplished novelist Annie England Noblin will be signing copies of her new novel Christmas in Blue Dog Valley...
Sep 26, 20221 min read
Chapter 8: Me and Trooper Qualls
Author's note: This is the last part of Dewey Lynne's arrest story. If you want to hear a specific story from Dewey Lynne, let me know...
Sep 22, 202211 min read
Please Remember the Book Signing Sept. 27@5:00 pm@Wages Brewery, West Plains, MO.
Ladies and Gentlemen, friends, family, neighbors, purveyors of poetry everywhere, please remember that Annie England Noblin has invited...
Sep 21, 20221 min read
A Newly Revised Poem from 2005 Written While Sitting at Case Cemetery
Kellie took this picture of a tiny purple flower on our daily walk a few days, maybe even a week or two, ago. The flower is an exquisite...
Sep 18, 20222 min read
Chapter 7: Open-faced Roast Beefs and a Piece of Pie
Author's Note: Kellie took this picture on one of our daily walks. Chapter 7: Open-faced Roast Beefs and a Piece of Pie I reckon afore I...
Sep 17, 202212 min read
Come Visit with Annie and Me Sept. 27 at 5 PM @ Wages Brewery, West Plains, MO. Click for details
My friend, fellow English instructor at Arkansas State University-Mountain Home, and fellow author Annie England Noblin will release her...
Sep 15, 20221 min read
Chapter 6: I Didn't See Anything, Mister by Dewey Lynne Bugler
Chapter 6: I Didn’t See Anything, Mister Anyhow, much to my chagrin, the decision was made that Eddie the Snake and Joey Bob would go...
Sep 5, 202213 min read
Two Versions of One Psalm and Thank You, Again
Ladies and gentlemen, my friends, family, and folks, thank you so much for making my book Atheists and Empty Spaces, the #1 new...
Sep 3, 20223 min read
HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY: IT'S HERE!
Today is the official publication day of my latest book of poetry. Yay! Please help me celebrate this day by taking a look at my book on...
Aug 31, 20223 min read
And So It Grew: A Poem in Response to a Request
Today's poem is written as a request for Missy Dayberry-Avey of St. James, Arkansas. (You do still live there, right?) Back in the early...
Aug 28, 20223 min read
Chapter 5: Gas Station Bathrooms and Errol Flynn as Robin Hood by Dewey Lynne Bugler
(A note from the real author: Good news! I had so much written in Chapter 5 that I had to split it, so I have half of Chapter 6 written....
Aug 25, 202212 min read
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