Thomas at Tea is the poetry and prose collection book from Chris McKinnon published through Scars Publications in 2007. On this page you can see a select few poems from this book (along with images that appear inside the book). For a full version of the book, you can order a download version (as an e-book/PDF file), or you can order a copy of this eclectic writing collection.
paperback book: |
Aliens bridge to beavers in Pismo BeachAliens bridge to beavers in Pismo BeachCarefully cross a transparent ruler Falling to a carpet sea La mariposa posed on a fence |
Archangel flies to campusRaptor great wingsPull you Through space
Water
Extended feathers
Red Eye, your portaled |
Chris attacked by poltergeistsAttacked by poltergeistsCrystal Nocht February 15th At the window thumps and pings Hide under covers
Naught drives them
Small scream fright
Theyll break in
Tom sees
Sees Kellys Pennsylvania Deutch |
Being in love is hell O and other dirty wordsBeing in hellO is love For all its heat
Being in love is hell
Hells kitchen cookin up
Hot hell fast
Hope fghtn it out Your finger |
Bulgar in snowGrows transverseTo hooded white stooped Drawn over deers head
A small mound
Leg head Unsprung bark |
Great Green GoddessGreat green goddess halogen of springShining light through dogwood Dripping dressing Green lichen damp sponge underfoot Tramping through wood paths Seeping into bog |
Insubstantial breathInsubstantial breath
Slowed
Your hair stripped back Your keys fall to the floor
Your mouth vulnerable |
Laid down fallingLaid down fallingUnder where
Dedonde in your lap Chess pieces move
Bark outside your office
Silver fur
Its where you cut |
Love in the Key of GRaven you sitIn feather light chair
Peer at transparent
Correspond
I climb through
Through that
Luminous stone |
Love is thicker than waterLove is thicker than waterWater thicker in love
Thick water, love
Thicker than is Love |
Amber Moon above WestminsterMoon in amberCrimson sweater Casts on English Bloods fair face
Silver wave falls
Earth passes Shaman you are back Fair face follows your shado |
Sun in mourningRose petals scatteredOn the grave moment
That turns in morning
Beneath a blind shadow |
The goddess descends to earth in search of chrisGreat green fat tender motherly goddessDrops Q100000 feet from white clouds in search of chris Healing mother what a mother she Searches stomping the earth in search if her daughter in spring Fat mother healer maker sorceress beauty Tears shed filling laughing chris with magic healing reversing her in time |
Thomas at TeaSnow blows into his mugDrifts pile round his chair
Mugs to right
Heat contained in his hat
Forms a heart-shaped puddle
I stoop the flower torches |