Whenever I have a new project, I begin by writing. That was when I made the connection to something I have been exploring for a long time. The essential skills to having a good life. One of those is writing.
Poet Laureate
Intimidated by Poetry
It is in reworking our images and word choice, that we are poets
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My Oshkosh
I wanted to write a poem about what Oshkosh has given me. Gratitude is always important.
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Writers Impact Now
I believe that even if you are writing nonfiction, a short story or a novel, there is a poem rolling around in your psyche lighting up the words to use like a pinball machine.
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The Benefits of Poetry
. True poetry begins in taking away words and rearranging the remaining ones.
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Poems allow me to go through the photo album of my mind.
we write poems to encapsulate something we want to remember.
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Poet Laureate of Oshkosh
In September of 2021, I was named the Poet Laureate of Oshkosh.
Thomas Cannon Author 