WHAT IS BETWEEN US
WHAT IS BETWEEN US
In What Is Between Us, poems by Stephen Thomas, a formally diverse collection with a finely honed contemplative through-line, Thomas digs deeper than his own origins and far into history the natural and untimely deaths of family members, the transformation of rural America in the 20th century, the time of Christ, the conflicts of ancient Greece, the geological arcs of landscape. . .
Stephen Thomas played his role in Seattle’s poetry scene of the 80s, 90s and early 2000s. He performed often at Red Sky Poetry Theater, at Bumbershoot, and many other regional venues, as well as farther afield. In 1984, he founded and built The Cabaret Hegel, where now an off-ramp leads I-5 traffic into the Industrial Flats. There Stephen presented and performed with many other Northwest writers and musicians, including Jesse Bernstein. Stephen taught creative writing (poems) at the University of Washington Extension. He has published his work in many ephemeral magazines, as well as in Exquisite Corpse, Poetry Northwest, Raven Chronicles, The Malahat Review, Windfall, Malpais Review, and others. His book, Journeyman, was published by Charles Potts’ Tsunami Inc, 26 years ago. His latest book of poems is What Is Between Us, Hand to Mouth Books out of Walla Walla, Washington, 2023. He currently lives in Germany, where he helped found Gemeinschaft Sonnenwald: a sustainable, regenerative, agriculture community.