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Tom Strong

Thomas J Strong

Retired and living in Minnesota.

Little Boy Meets Big TreePhotography

Little Boy Meets Big Tree

Tom StrongSeptember 28, 2024

________________________________________________________________________ [Editor's note: A large part of photography is being in the right place at the right time, as well as composition. Some photographs,…

Peace In, Peace OutPoetry

Peace In, Peace Out

Tom StrongJune 27, 2024

There’s peace in a midnight walk alone, on a remote beach wave watching the twinkling fractals trying to put the moon back together until…

Look UpPoetry

Look Up

Tom StrongJune 3, 2024

Look up, now and then look up, long like the miner emerging from a shift underground. The moon, the stars, the dark the sky,…

The Tree Ring RecordPoetry

The Tree Ring Record

Tom StrongMarch 25, 2024

The old oak tree was felled because, she said, it didn’t fit the yard anymore. It blocked the view from the window and from…

The Love Death Cannot TouchPoetry

The Love Death Cannot Touch

Tom StrongMarch 12, 2024

I never knew what to say until the next spring when my child couldn’t wait to tell me the spot we buried his favorite…

AbscissionPoetry

Abscission

Tom StrongFebruary 13, 2024

autumn reminds me creation comes home that death is not a separation life is

AbsolutionPoetry

Absolution

Tom StrongJanuary 24, 2024

born sick raised to get well repenting a sin never committed admission to hobnob with the holy wrathful in eternal happiness

Eulogy To A Mom From A SonPoetry

Eulogy To A Mom From A Son

Tom StrongDecember 6, 2023

When a mountain is dismantled from eons of wind and rain, how can I say it’s gone? When it has fondly spread itself across…

Fool MoonPoetry

Fool Moon

Tom StrongNovember 21, 2023

the star of the show out for a daytime stroll masquerading as a round cloud wearing designer shades trying to go unnoticed before tonight’s…

Tat Tvam AsiPoetry

Tat Tvam Asi

Tom StrongOctober 6, 2023

A painting called Life on a museum wall after hours hangs lifeless. The museum opens people stroll down the aisle pause at Life give…

If Only I Could Undo My One WishPoetry

If Only I Could Undo My One Wish

Tom StrongSeptember 28, 2023

I wished to be forever happy. It was granted. Now I don’t know what it means anymore.

Saved By The SpellPoetry

Saved By The Spell

Tom StrongSeptember 11, 2023

A flock of Dunlins startle rushing to rise on a Merlin rumor. Murmuring among themselves when to shrink or swell to foil an intrusion.…