Lee Colin Thomas is a poet in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 2010 Lee’s work was selected by poets Kristin Naca and E. Ethelbert Miller for a Loft Mentor Series award.

Lee’s work has appeared in The Q Review, Flurry, Poet Lore, and is forthcoming in Salamander.

excerpt from Given Honey in the Dark

The deck out back kneels low in the grass.
Wood planks worn soft with rain and sun,
ten thousand human footprints.
Picture someone’s old Christmas lights
unboxed and strung up—in June!—from the gutters
to the lowest birch branch, and reaching up
to tether an ark of stars.

Biography

Lee Colin Thomas grew up in Northfield, MN, where his family operated a local grocery store for nearly 50 years. Lee attended Lewis & Clark College, the University of Munich, and the University of Minnesota. He is a professional communicator and builds websites for writers.