Author: Thomas

Troubles

Outside the outer perimeter lies a land scorched by spontaneous combustion, split by a meandering, wild river barging trouble. Passing through another grasshopper town you are nearing vistas of grapes where you will watch the crushing and fermenting of all more »

Noting some changes:

The music world is ever changing (requiring new music players on this page, more about further down) but still retains some of the frustrating distribution hassles. For me, it has been a nearly five-year struggle to get my single “Rescue more »

Lyrics to Eight Singles

© Thomas Oliver   Blue Lights   We knew a place we could go after the picture show Park the car, make out watch airplanes land and take off Blue lights on the runway looked like the stars had fallen more »

What is a ghazal?

Last year, through reading Jim Harrison, one of my favorite writers, I discovered a new poetic form — the ghazal, pronounced gutturally more like “guzzle.” It is an old Persian form that has been Americanized beyond some of the purists’ sensibilities. more »