Petals (Jaded) is a poem by Mark Anthony Thomas.  For more information, visit www.markanthonythomas.com

Petals (a poem)

A love poem by Mark Anthony Thomas.  For more information visit www.markanthonythomas.com

Imagine You Wake Up With Me Beside You (a poem)

Love Rituals is a love poem by Mark Anthony Thomas. For more information, visit www.markanthonythomas.com

Love Rituals (a poem)

Late Night Stroll is a poem by Mark Anthony Thomas.   For more information, visit www.markanthonythomas.com

Late Night Stroll (a poem)

Looking Toward Footprints is a poem from The Poetic Repercussion: A Poetic & Musical Narrative by Mark Anthony Thomas. For more information, visit www.markanthonythomas.com.

Looking Towards Footprints (a poem)

Single Mama Ballad is a poem from The Poetic Repercussion: A Poetic & Musical Narrative by Mark Anthony Thomas. For more information, visit https://www.markanthonythomas.com.

Single Mama Ballad (a poem)

America To Redefine is a poem about MLK from the Poetic Repercussion: A Poetic & Musical Narrative. For more information, visit www.markanthonythomas.com

America to Redefine (a poem)

Trust Fall is a poem from the Poetic Repercussion: A Poetic & Musical Narrative. For more information, visit www.markanthonythomas.com

Trust Fall (a poem)

Handshakes Across the Globe is a poem from the Poetic Repercussion: A Poetic & Musical Narrative. For more information, visit www.markanthonythomas.com

The Poetic Repercussion

Handshakes Across the Globe (a poem)

Recipe for Soldiers is a poem from the Poetic Repercussion: A Poetic & Musical Narrative. For more information, visit www.markanthonythomas.com

Recipe for Soldiers (a poem)

Floating in the Dead Sea is a poem from the Poetic Repercussion: A Poetic & Musical Narrative. For more information, visit www.markanthonythomas.com

Floating in the Dead Sea (a poem)

The Remission is a poem from the Poetic Repercussion: A Poetic & Musical Narrative. For more information, visit www.markanthonythomas.com

The Remission (a poem)

Reparations is a poem from the Poetic Repercussion: A Poetic & Musical Narrative. For more information, visit www.markanthonythomas.com

Reparations (a poem)

Heirs of Alpha is a poem from the Poetic Repercussion: A Poetic & Musical Narrative. For more information, visit www.markanthonythomas.com

Heirs of Alpha (a poem)

Gone Instead is a poem from the Poetic Repercussion: A Poetic & Musical Narrative. For more information, visit www.markanthonythomas.com

Gone Instead (a poem)

A Friend, Within is a poem from the Poetic Repercussion: A Poetic & Musical Narrative. For more information, visit www.markanthonythomas.com

A Friend, Within (a poem)

Soul Mated is a poem from the Poetic Repercussion: A Poetic & Musical Narrative. For more information, visit www.markanthonythomas.com

Soul Mated (a poem)

That Rib Around My Neck is a poem from the Poetic Repercussion: A Poetic & Musical Narrative. For more information, visit www.markanthonythomas.com

That Rib Around My Neck (a poem)

Columnistic Sounds is a poem from the Poetic Repercussion: A Poetic & Musical Narrative. For more information, visit www.markanthonythomas.com

Columnistic Sounds (a poem)

I Envy is a poem from the Poetic Repercussion: A Poetic & Musical Narrative. For more information, visit www.markanthonythomas.com

I Envy (a poem)

Antenna-Free is a poem from the Poetic Repercussion: A Poetic & Musical Narrative. For more information, visit www.markanthonythomas.com

Antenna-Free (a poem)

Introduction to Music is a poem from the Poetic Repercussion: A Poetic & Musical Narrative. For more information, visit www.markanthonythomas.com

Introduction to Music (a poem)

The Confessional Booth is the first piece from As I Look, a collection of poems about self and social re-creation by Mark Anthony Thomas.   Released in 2000, on his 21st birthday, the book includes poems written as a teenager.

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As I Look

The Confessional Booth (introduction)

Encourage Me is an inspirational piece from As I Look, a collection of poems about self and social re-creation by Mark Anthony Thomas.   Released in 2000, on his 21st birthday, the book includes poems written as a teenager.

For more information, visit www.markanthonythomas.com

Encourage Me (a poem)

The Night That Jesus Came is a spiritual  piece from As I Look, a collection of poems about self and social re-creation by Mark Anthony Thomas. Released in 2000, on his 21st birthday, the book features poem written as a teen.

For more information, visit www.markanthonythomas.com

The Night That Jesus Came

When Jesus Turned His Back On Me is a spiritual piece from As I Look, a collection of poems about self and social re-creation by Mark Anthony Thomas. Released in 2000, on his 21st birthday, the book includes poems written as a teenager.

For more information, visit www.markanthonythomas.com

When Jesus Turned His Back On Me

That's Deep is a spoken word piece from As I Look, a collection of poems about self and social re-creation by Mark Anthony Thomas.   Released in 2000, on his 21st birthday, the book includes poems written as a teenager.

For more information, visit http://www.markanthonythomas.com

That’s Deep

What makes a man deep?
Is it the fact that his thoughts transcend
the depths of the mental capacity,

Or is he utilizing the capacity of his creativity to make us think that the 
Expectations surmount the limitations of our minds?

But does that make him deep?

Well look at it like this, you can think you’re deep
And be as deep as the water in the broken pool of a child
Making you really wafer thin and puddle shallow

But you’ll still have the nerves to still claim that you’re deepl

Then you have the commercial deep.
See, people thinks these folks are deep and they’ll
Ride the fame of the title all the way to the heaven of hype,
Not realizing that they’re caught up in a purgatory
Of self-indulgence and suffer from the expectation of expectation…

But that doesn’t mean they’re not deep?

Hell, You got a Nikki Gamma, an Edgar Rho, and Langston Eta.
Three filters for the common man compiled with those who commercially
Lift their founders - while the great one
Celebrates what their creativity innovates.
But then, we can’t forget the wanna-be-deeps,
Who decorate themselves like Christmas trees
With colorful ornaments and eccentricities
Not realizing that their beneficiaries

Will look back and smirk at when mama and papa tried too hard
To be too cool, but really looked like a damn fool
And now they have the nerves to tell us
What we can and shouldn’t do,

Shaping conflict after conflict, because they were caught up in
The conflict of trying too hard to go deep
And they don’t want you to repeat their mistakes.

But you haven’t answered my question, am I deep?

How ‘bout you flow down my shallow river,
Which will lead you down my lake of forte,
And you’ll levitate in my ocean of intellectual paragons,
And while you sway back and forth, in my liquid of innovative yet
Borderline psychotic thoughts, tell me if you’ll stay afloat.

That's Deep (a poem)

My Journey With Six Pharaohs is a poetic tribute from As I Look, a collection of poems about self and social re-creation by Mark Anthony Thomas.   Released in 2000, on his 21st birthday, the book includes poems written as a teenager.

For more information, visit http://www.markanthonythomas.com

My Journey With Six Pharaohs (Poetic Tribute to My Line Brothers)

In Shackles is a performance piece from As I Look, a collection of poems about self and social re-creation by Mark Anthony Thomas.   Released in 2000, on his 21st birthday, the book includes poems written as a teenager.

For more information, visit http://www.markanthonythomas.com

In Shackles (a poem)

What If is a poem from As I Look, a collection of poems about self and social re-creation by Mark Anthony Thomas.   Released in 2000, on his 21st birthday, the book includes poems written as a teenager.

For more information, visit http://www.markanthonythomas.com

What If (a poem)

Interlude:As I Look #2 is from As I Look, a collection of poems about self and social re-creation by Mark Anthony Thomas.   Released in 2000, on his 21st birthday, the book includes poems written as a teenager.

For more information, visit http://www.markanthonythomas.com

Interlude: As I Look #2

Don't Return is a poem from As I Look, a collection of poems about self and social re-creation by Mark Anthony Thomas.   Released in 2000, on his 21st birthday, the book includes poems written as a teenager.

For more information, visit http://www.markanthonythomas.com

Don't Return (a poem)

A poem about a broken heart. For more information, visit www.markanthonythomas.com

Folded Whispers

After Loving A Liar (a poem)

A poem about discovering the feeling of love.   For more information, visit www.markanthonythomas.com

For Real (a poem)

Atlanta is My Home is a poem from the Poetic Repercussion: A Poetic & Musical Narrative. For more information, visit www.markanthonythomas.com

Atlanta Is My Home (a poem)

Mark Anthony Thomas is a creative writer turned economic development official, with nearly two decades in publishing, communications, and the public sector.   This page includes readings from his catalogue of poetry.

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