A poem from my book RIVER BENDING: Poems of the Delaware River and Her Tributaries

Wipf and Stock Publishers: https://wipfandstock.com/9781666714937/river-bending/

Ancestral Pull

Two Poems from my book DANSE MACABRE - https://wipfandstock.com/9781621893851/danse-macabre/

“Gathering” & “A Loon Cries”

A poem from my book IN THE SAME PLACE: poems of place

Wipf and Stock Publishers: https://wipfandstock.com/9781498281058/in-the-same-place/

O Camden, My Camden

Give Me Wings

Journey Tunes by TJM

O Great Sturgeon; O Great Fish

Meditation from Joan Halifax’s book BEING WITH DYING

Strong back, Soft front Meditation

The Sounds of Childhood

A silly little piece on data-storage and memory for aging boomers.

The Fog

Walking in the Air TJM.m4a

Matins Holy Cross Monastery.m4a

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    A public speaker since 1975. A published author since 1987. Tom is in his 26th year as an end-of-life specialist and hospice leader. A retired ordained Greek and Russian Orthodox Clergyman (1997 - 2019) and current Chaplain for the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem (Hospitallers) since 1999. A certified End-of-Life Doula (University of Vermont) since 2019.

    Tom has been and remains deeply involved in nature and ecology instruction/advocacy, food service management and cooking, spirituality, leadership formation and direction, Scouting, house painting, gardening, hiking and camping, dreamwork, fishing, tying flies, and photography.

     Tom loves authoring books, poems, stories, essays (21 published books to date), painting with watercolor and taking photographs; he also loves, leading workshops and lectures about just about anything.  He and his wife Glinda just started a 501(c)3 foundation for poets - word hive: a space for poets.  word hive is  committed to the education, development, and collaboration of local poets; to awaken artistic expression in local communities. tom@wordhive.org wordhive.org


      Tom lives in Columbia, Pennsylvania at 203 Walnut Street.

Tom Johnson-Medland

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