Writers who blog are one (or a combination) of three things: private, nonexistent, or just plain bad. Taking networking into consideration as a key point in supporting the content I post on my blog, I set out to find people who were trying to use their blogs – as I am – to promote their writing. I came up empty handed. This frustrated me.
However, Christopher Thomas is a blogger and a writer who eases my frustration. In the face of a blogosphere dominated by tech blogs, celebrity gossip, political rants and theological debate, Chris has the gall to say, “No sir, I’m gonna write some damn good poetry.”
And that’s exactly what he does.
Working within the constraints and rigidity of scholastic poetic structure, Chris stretches the boundaries from within, skewing the discipline into a morphed-sort-of-beautiful rendition of poetic (dare I say) brilliance. Take, for example, Indian Summer
When popes canonize saints they
first require a miracle like a
corpse in a crypt that does not
rot, and believers buy relicsI had believers once, though
no saint, pupils, maligned
by most, I advised, in some way
but I left the lectern todayand some took pity, felt loss, others delight
as I darkened the room, and vanished from sight
In December, Chris will be “Adventing” 25 Sonnets (some of which written by yours truly) to creatively commemorate a time-honored Christian tradition.
Chris is also completing the first draft of his debut novel, “Stilleto” and compiling samplings of poetry and short fiction for a creative writing collection by Wagon City Press due out in early Spring 2010.
Happy Reviewsday, Christopher Thomas. We salute you.
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