award-winning poet and photographer based in the Pacific Northwest.

Thomas A. Thomas, born in Illinois to a medical doctor mother and a ballet dancer father, spent a lot of time off by himself in the woods, prairies, and fields, day and night, in all seasons. From the age of two years, he would not see or hear from his father for another 42 years. That’s a story for another time.

Meanwhile, Thomas was a good student and found his way to the Honors Program at the University of Michigan, where he completed a bachelor’s degree of his own design. During his time at UM, he studied with Donald Hall, Gregory Orr, and workshopped some poems with Robert Bly. He won Minor and Major Hopwood Awards in Poetry, and his poem “Approaching Here” was choreographed and performed at UM.

Thomas also managed to get a dream job as Detroit Correspondent for a Rock & Roll and Jazz magazine out of St. Louis called Concert News.
After a couple of years of madness in New York City, he found his way to the Pacific Northwest, where he has made 51 his home for over 40 years. He is now delighted to be a Board Member for the Olympia Poetry Network, and to be active in numerous online poetry and photography groups. Author Page at Amazon for Kindle version and Getting Here, both formats