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I Got Some Fan Mail

I was very happy to receive this note earlier today. It’s from someone who read my book, Private Hercules McGraw: Poems of the American Civil War. Please allow me to share it with you here.… more →

The Lint In My Pocket

I Got Some Fan Mail — 4 comments

S. Thomas Summers wrote 4 months ago: I was very happy to receive this note earlier today. It’s from someone who read my book, Priva … more →

Tags: Poetry, Private Hercules McGraw, Poem, S. Thomas Summers, American Civil War, History, Civil War, united states, Wars

Immanuel - God's Tangibility — 1 comment

S. Thomas Summers wrote 4 months ago: Artist: Thomas Nast (September 27, 1840 – December 7, 1902) was a German-born American caricaturist … more →

Tags: God, Christmas, S. Thomas Summers, angel of the lord, jesu, mary, holyspirit, Immanuel, Joseph

Santa - Yup, He's Real — 3 comments

S. Thomas Summers wrote 4 months ago: An early incarnation of Santa by artist Thomas Nast. I believe in Santa Clause. I also believe in da … more →

Tags: Christmas, S. Thomas Summers, White House, Art, Santa (Claus), santa clause, Belief, santa, Tim Allen

Your Address, Please — 3 comments

S. Thomas Summers wrote 5 months ago: An address. We all have one: 55 Center Avenue., 12 Lily Drive, 36 Old Run Lane, 3 Pine Boulevard. Th … more →

Tags: Commentary, S. Thomas Summers, Literature, Tolkien, William Shakespeare, Inverness, J. R. R. Tolkien, Bilbo Baggins, fellowship of the ring

The Skull On My Desk — 4 comments

S. Thomas Summers wrote 5 months ago: I don’t have a desk. I have a couch. When I write, I sit on it. I’m sitting on it now. I … more →

Tags: S. Thomas Summers, writing, Writing Inspirations, Bible, Business, Desk, health, Home and Garden, Shopping

Art of Life, Activism and Poetry: A Memoir

Femficatio wrote 6 months ago: By Askia M Touré 1940s. A young woman named Elnora Mills posing with partner. My parents were Black … more →

Tags: The Femficātiō, The Wereficātiō, Guest Contributors, Vol 1, Issue 6, Arts, New York City, relevant., memoir, Askia Toure

Lt. Kendal Everly Finds His Lungs — 3 comments

S. Thomas Summers wrote 7 months ago: Yup, the protagonist of my second book will breathe. The Journals of Lt. Kendal Everly: Poems of the … more →

Tags: American Civil War, Poetry, manuscript development, S. Thomas Summers, writing, WorDs, Lt. Kendal Everly, Civil War, Anaphora Literary Press

The Mad Ones — 2 comments

S. Thomas Summers wrote 8 months ago: The gate I open everyday. The gate that leads to my adventure. Jack Kerouac wrote The only people fo … more →

Tags: writing, Jack Kerouac, Inspiration, united states, Allen Ginsberg, kerouac, road, Joyce Johnson, New York Public Library

A Story Maker — 2 comments

S. Thomas Summers wrote 8 months ago: I like old maps, real old maps. You’ve seen them – in museums and dusty text books. The … more →

Tags: S. Thomas Summers, writing, Shopping, Old Maps, sea monsters, List of cartographers, Early world maps, map, cartography

Poetry and the Great Goodnight

S. Thomas Summers wrote 8 months ago: Salman Rushdie said that one of the purposes of poetry is to keep the world from falling asleep. I l … more →

Tags: Poetry, S. Thomas Summers, writing, Salam Rushdie, sleep

John Henry, Bard - Why the Hammer? — 3 comments

S. Thomas Summers wrote 9 months ago: This blog’s tag line is Writing with Some Ink and a Hammer. Obviously, ink is a useful resourc … more →

Tags: writing process, writing, The Hammer, John Henry, folk song

My First Book Signing - Kind of...

S. Thomas Summers wrote 1 year ago: Yesterday, I walked into the main office of Wayne Hills High School – where I teach literature … more →

Tags: Poetry, Private Hercules McGraw

Rejection by Lauren Camp — 5 comments

Miriam Sagan wrote 1 year ago: Rejection: The Bugger by Lauren Camp Some days I get big doses of luck. Some weeks are just miraculo … more →

Tags: Poetry, Current Literary Events and Call for Submissions, about poetry, rejection slips

Huzzah!!!! — 7 comments

S. Thomas Summers wrote 1 year ago: Private Hercules has found a home. Yup – Private Hercules McGraw: Poems of the American Civil … more →

Tags: American Civil War, Poetry, History, manuscript development

I am Lieutenant — 1 comment

S. Thomas Summers wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been away – not physically. Rather, I’ve been intellectually enveloped in the world my next boo … more →

Tags: American Civil War, Poetry, History, manuscript development, lieutenant

Future Plans — 3 comments

S. Thomas Summers wrote 2 years ago: Having recently completed my first full length manuscript, Private Hercules McGraw: Poems of the Ame … more →

Tags: Commentary, American Civil War, Poetry, Union Army, Civil War, Confederate States Army, Union Flag

Like a Ghost — 2 comments

S. Thomas Summers wrote 2 years ago: It’s really quite amazing, at least to me. Private Hercules McGraw, my book’s title char … more →

Tags: Commentary, American Civil War, Poetry, History, manuscript development, New York, united states, War, civilwar

Why the Civil War? — 2 comments

S. Thomas Summers wrote 2 years ago: Image via Wikipedia Why write about the Civil War? Why the attraction? My interest was sharpened to … more →

Tags: American Civil War, Poetry, History, manuscript development, Cold Mountain, Charles Fraizer

Not One Bit: Shiloh Cycle Continues

S. Thomas Summers wrote 2 years ago: My manuscript is shaping up. Take a look.             Not One Bit Once our gun’s started banging and … more →

Tags: American Civil War, soldiers life, Poetry, Confederate, battle, Shiloh, History


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