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Looking for a place of rest on a winter night

December 24, 2018 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Full moon rising

This excerpt from an epic retelling of the Christian biblical narrative offers a poetic interpretation of the traditional Christmas advent story.

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: advent, Christmas

A hike in deep woods

October 16, 2018 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Hiking, Olympic National Park

A short poem on hiking: One foot in front, then the other.

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: hiking, National Parks, Olympic

Solidly out of touch

October 4, 2018 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

With a little sip of coffee and a big swig of delight I would mix you with my grounds, tell you what I’ve found as you worm your way inside my dogbeatened heart.

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: separations

Before: remembering the mother I barely knew, on the fifth anniversary of her passing

September 12, 2018 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Suzanne Gibbs with cat

A poetic contemplation of a moment caught in a snapshot before a young woman’s life took a cruel turn.

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: cats, illness, mothers, suffering

A seagull’s view on a day of remembrance

September 11, 2018 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Seagull

On this sad day of remembrance, I wonder what the seagull recalls from these same crystal blue skies.

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: 9/11, birds, commemoration, remembrance, seagulls, sorrow

On the ranch in 1980

August 15, 2018 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Avocados on the tree

1980 we spent the entire year, all twelve months, on the avocado ranch. It was our magical time in paradise. We were alive then with youth, not quite knowing how happy we were.

Filed Under: History, Places, Poetry Tagged With: 1980, ambition, avocados, California, Carter, Hemet, memoir, paradise, Reagan, youth

The Narrow Road to Bashō: a short review of travel sketches

August 1, 2018 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

“Xiao, He chases Han Xin” by Yosa Buson

A short review of The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches by renowned seventeenth-century Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō.

Filed Under: Poetry, Reviews Tagged With: haiku, Matsuo Bashō, meditation, religious tourism, Travel

The wind-swept spirit of creativity

July 18, 2018 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Rain at dawn

Is creativity merely a function of the body as a biological organism, or is there something more, a transcendental muse that inspires and guides creativity?

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: creativity, materialism, Matsuo Bashō, metaphysics

Found Poetry: My Earliest Publications

February 12, 2018 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

I recently came across my earliest publications, a collection of forgettable poems that made their way into several small literary journals.

Filed Under: Poetry, Writing Tagged With: poems, publications

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I write about religion and tourism, especially in regard to national parks. I am currently working on a history of religion in Yellowstone National Park. Read More…

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