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Tom Strong

Thomas J Strong

Retired and living in Minnesota.

Web SitePhotography

Web Site

Tom StrongSeptember 7, 2026

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ An orb-weaver (probably the spotted orb-weaver, Neoscona crucifera), and a katydid (probably) caught in its web. Camera: iPhone 16e

She Always Wanted a Lap CatPoetry

She Always Wanted a Lap Cat

Tom StrongJune 8, 2026

never was a lap cat until the twentieth year when he stopped grooming eating & drinking lying quiet, stoic on the bed she made…

Que Sera SeraPoetry

Que Sera Sera

Tom StrongFebruary 19, 2026

Que Sera Sera.well educated, well read, retired binging, on Turner Classic Movies.it was a song she sang in the movie..the lyrics had nothing to…

Merry Xmas 2025Art

Merry Xmas 2025

Tom StrongDecember 25, 2025

_________________________________________________________________ Artist's note: Been posting my hand drawn xmas cards here for the last 7 years. You’ve all become my favorite acquaintances, Merry Xmas!…

Life On The RocksPhotography and Poetry

Life On The Rocks

Tom StrongNovember 20, 2025

_______________________________________________________________ Photograph and Poem by Tom Strong

Every Daily MassPoetry

Every Daily Mass

Tom StrongOctober 14, 2025

An old woman black lace veiled kneels at her pew hunched in solitude crooked fingers tremble through a string of beads with Four Mysteries.…

Bagpipes In The ParkPoetry

Bagpipes In The Park

Tom StrongAugust 11, 2025

It started as a walk in the park next to the river's wooded alluvial plain. A remote spot where we go to soothe ourselves…

MoonshinePoetry

Moonshine

Tom StrongMarch 24, 2025

A gypsy moth mistakes the incandescence from a bulb in the porch ceiling as a sextant moon. I watch from the rocker slugg’n liquor…

Old AsphaltPoetry

Old Asphalt

Tom StrongNovember 9, 2024

put down way up north for the locals he walks it daily too old to drive recalls rolling his Schwinn across a black olive…