Jim Thomas (poet)
{{Short description|American poet and professor}}
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Jim Thomas (1930–February 2009) was an American poet, and professor at Truman State University, from 1964 to 1994.{{Cite web |url=http://tsup.truman.edu/item.asp?itemId=420 |title=Truman State University Press |access-date=2011-06-07 |archive-date=2015-09-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911225323/http://tsup.truman.edu/item.asp?itemId=420 |url-status=dead }}{{cite journal |url=http://newsletter.truman.edu/article.asp?id=4516 |title=Dec. 3 Poetry Reading Honors Professor Jim Thomas |journal=Truman Today |volume=14 |number=12 |date=November 17, 2009 |publisher=Truman State University}}
He served in the United States Army in the Korean War, retiring as a lieutenant colonel in the National Guard.{{cite news |url=http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/books-and-literature/book-blog/article_febbd372-32ea-5dc9-bd1c-902194ea38e4.html?print=1 |title=Book Blog: Funeral held for poet, retired teacher Jim Thomas |author=Jane Henderson |date=March 9, 2009 |newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch}}
Works
- {{cite journal|date=1987 |title="Hard Times: A Rock Poem"|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/428682/pdf|journal=Minnesota Review|number=28}}
- Seed Time, Harvest Time, Thomas Jefferson University Press, 1990, {{ISBN|978-0-943549-10-1}}
- Brief Tracks, Truman State University Press, 2009, {{ISBN|978-1-935503-01-9}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.artsrolla.org/pv/kTIjQ/346/20/aJDlIR/KfKnxwVKKaKYRUj/dr-nick-knight-shares-poetry-created-by-jim-thomas-poetspeak-april-2008.html "Dr. Nick Knight Shares Poetry Created by Jim Thomas"]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, PoetSpeak, April 2008
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Category:Truman State University faculty
Category:United States Army personnel of the Korean War