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Thomas Conroy

Thomas L. Conroy is an avid outdoorsman who spends time each week in the mountains flyfishing for wild trout. Retired after 30 years travelling the world in the import/export business. Founder and editor of THE LEAGUE OF LABORING POETS, a printed journal that encourages the reading and writing of poetry. Poetry contests offer cash prizes on a regular basis without any reading fees, so anyone can afford to enter.

Publication in small presses have included; MAIN STREET RAG,  ICONOCLAST, INTERPRETER'S HOUSE, PRESA, SOFA INK, CANADIAN ZEN HAIKU.  Three collections of poetry are available on Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.com, they are;  MEDICINE AND MAGIC, BEYOND THE SECOND TRAFFIC LIGHT and COMING DOWN FROM OVER THERE.

Dual US / Irish citizen.

books by Thomas Conroy

Medicine And Magic

Poetry from a Druid-Celtic-Navajo inspiration that calls upon you to get out of the basement and live life even if it kills you.

Beyond the Second Traffic Light

Excerpted from Beyond the Second Traffic Light by Tom Conroy. Copyright © 2006. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

Bury me on a mountain, beside a clear stream, overlooking a tree. And count me rich.

Coming Down From Over There

Third Collection

Continuing the celebration of life in the context of our interaction with nature that started with MEDICINE & MAGIC and BEYOND THE SECOND TRAFFIC LIGHT. Strong imagery and startling insights are woven into the rhythm of a flute song played in the mountains before a camp fire.