Tom Strong

I was born in St. Paul, MN, the oldest boy of ten children. I attended St. Marks grade school and St.Paul Central high school. After high school I tried attending college (3 times) but dropped out and spent 4-5 years traveling. I finally graduated from the University of Minnesota with a BS-Chemical Engineering in 1981, got married, and spent the next 35 years working and raising a family. I retired in 2017.

Published work

Poetry

Spirits

Tom Strong

she closes her eyes rubs the toy lamp wishing to be a bottle of gin to get close to cared for and loved by…

Poetry

Dark Roast

Tom Strong

pour-over coffee carafe at dawn watching grounds rise and fall before tipping the kettle again every ten seconds time enough to think how in…

Poetry

Moonshine

Tom Strong

A gypsy moth mistakes the incandescence from a bulb in the porch ceiling as a sextant moon. I watch from the rocker sipping liquor…