@onetruththomas.bsky.social
Singer-Songwriter, Poet, Photographer, Editor, Publisher, Author--NAACP Image Award-Winner, and the Inaugural Poet Laureate of Howard County, Maryland. #poetry #blackpublishers #blacksky | https://www.truththomas.me/ | https://cherrycastlepublishing.com/
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Just heard the news about Thomas's passing. Very sad. Praying for all who loved him--all. Very thankful for the world of folks blessed by his art. And I am one. There would no Speak Water without a picture he took on the cover.
Rest well, Brother
Rest well,
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Thank you so much. ')
30.07.2025 16:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
A poem of resistanceβ
βDEI Speaks at Training Camp
Before the Donald Trump Heavyweight Fightβ
by Truth Thomas
youtu.be/YBIgLo2-sF0
from HoCoPoLitSo's The Writing Life | Hosted by Alan King
Produced and Edited by Susan Thornton Hobby
#HoCoPoLitSo
19.07.2025 17:02 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1
BmoreArt publication regarding Howard County's Poetry Renaissance--Truth Thomas and more: https://bmoreart.com/2025/07/howard-countys-poetry-renaissance.html
BmoreArt publication regarding Howard County's Poetry Renaissance--Truth Thomas and more: https://bmoreart.com/2025/07/howard-countys-poetry-renaissance.html
BmoreArt
bmoreart.com/2025/07/howa...
Very blessed and very thankful to be in the literaryβand geographicβcompany of BmoreArt, this publication, and my beloved Howard County home.
#truththomas
#poetry
#howardcountymd
#hocopolitso
06.07.2025 16:06 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
"All American"
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"The Signpost Up Ahead"
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"American Self-Portrait"
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02.07.2025 01:48 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 1
"St. Andrew on the Rocks"
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"Great Pyramids of McMillan"
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Thank you. ')
23.06.2025 21:40 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
"Duet in Summer"
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"A popularity of invasion
Handed down through centuries
A force of arms called gentle persuasion
What have we learned from history
Apparently nothing..."
- The Brand New Heavies
youtu.be/6lfxRoRD_sc?...
"You Were Anacostia on My Mind"
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"The Final Ward 7 Call"
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"There's a Bright Boardwalk Side Somewhere"
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"When We Were 'No Kings'"
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"Resolved"
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On the H:
Just learned I will receive one of these bad boys in the fall. Very much thanking God. Very much thanking Tim Singleton, Mira Lamson Klein, & HoCo Arts.
Onward,
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"Lifting Holy Water Hands"
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"Military Seduction"
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"Jump Out Still Life"
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Truth Thomas - "I Surrender All" - The Yohan Kim Sheds
youtu.be/kwmNzprjpPs?...
And so, the 2nd Act of my music life begins:
"Amen to Black Lives" - Truth Thomas
youtu.be/2GuoU9C_RRI?...
I'll be in conversation with @onetruththomas.bsky.social this evening at Vantage Point. If you are in the area, drop in and have a listen to Howard County's inaugural poet laureate.
29.04.2025 18:55 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Tonight at 7 p.m. in the Residence at Vantage Point auditorium. 5400 Vantage Point Road, Columbia, Md.
29.04.2025 18:54 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1
βThe Skinnyβ a great poetry form by @onetruththomas.bsky.social
These poems in The Skinny Poetry Journal hit deep with so few words. Poems by Le Hinton
theskinnypoetryjournal.com/my-childhood...
Looking forward to talking with NAACP Image Award-winning poet Truth Thomas @onetruththomas.bsky.social again tomorrow! Excited to take his Skinny Poetry Workshop Redux.
Check out #TheSkinnyPoetryJournal
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