tom johnson-medland
Welcome to my site. Use the tabs across the top of my site to go to a specific page to find out about how I may interact with you as a poet/writer, a public speaker, a death doula, or an artist. You’ll find endorsements from people who have interacted with my craft and also places you can go to purchase available works. My Blogposts are below. I do hope you will sign up to receive them after you read a few. Thanks for being here, now.
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Getting Started
Introducing a daily habit of poetry (or any craft / practice) can be exhausting when it comes to getting it situated and repeated on a regular basis. Years ago I found out – and was most recently reminded by a talk I heard – that marrying one routine practice to another can be the most…
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B.R.A.W.G.
For about 10 years I have used the moniker BRAWG in my posts and articles. For me it stands for 5 very powerful words that I have been wrestling with since I uncovered them in 1979 and ’80 in the words of a highly esteemed teacher and holy man – ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL. There is…
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In and Out of Relation To
As we encounter and work with what we encounter we are ever checking one thing against another. We are testing for closeness, farness, similarity, difference, texture, shading, color, scent, feel, heft, opacity, etc., using our soulful-echolocation to “gage” (Old Saxon for “gauge”) the nature of the encounter, the thing encountered, and of course the encounterer.…
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