Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Poetic Obituaries: A funeral was held Tuesday for Jim Thomas,

a longtime professor at Truman State University. He had died Friday in his Hermann home after a long illness.

Missouri Poet Laureate had featured Mr. Thomas just about a month ago in his column for the Post-Dispatch. I am re-posting it here. The poem is a lively, clever piece that quickly conveys the different tone of the small-town schools of many decades ago:

from The Post-Dispatch: Funeral held for poet, retired teacher Jim Thomas

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