Thomas G Reischel

Born 9/11/1948. Resides in St. Paul, MN. Author, Poet, Photographer.

Retired from large defense contractor as a Purchasing Manager on August 26, 2011 after 44 years with the company. Born in St. Paul. Married for 48 years. Lived in St James, Long Island, NY and Colorado Springs, CO. His pictures and tone carry a Midwestern sensibility and leaning. He has been writing poetry since he was a freshman in high school, when he had to write one as a class assignment. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota, with a BS in Business. He has been a top ranked poet on the FanStory site since 2011, with over 2000 Poems posted there. In 2015, he judged the poetry for the VOICE of KANSAS, Poetry Contest. He has over 900 photographs published on the Capture Minnesota website, an affiliate of Twin Cities Public Television. He has an acclaimed photograph in the 2012 One Life, Photo Journal. His Poem, “Enlightenment from the Merry-Go-Round”, is published in Preston McWorter’s book, Seeds of Enlightened Society. He has 5 published books of poetry. He has published a book series –Picture Poems, Volumes 1, 2, and 3. a 4th book, Take Flight, The Sonnets, and a 5th book, Animated Stills.

Enjoys Golf, Camping, Canoeing, photography, puzzles, stained glass, poetry, reading, writing, and traveling, especially Minnesota.

I like to share my experiences through the lens of the camera. Sometimes they inspire me to write a Poem. All my Poems are on my blog.

Creator of the following poetic formats:

Word Weave (last letter = first letter of next word)

Tic-tac-toe Poems (thee word phrases in grid, reads on all directions)

Totem Pole Poems (text forms totem Pole)

Alphabet Poems (each word follows alphabet in sequence)

12 Line Exhortation

See my blog at:

http://treischel.wordpress.com/

Authors Web Page: www.reischesreflections.com

Author’s Blog: www.Treischel.wordpress.com

Author’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Thomas-Reischel-1484951574855335/

Author’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/ThomasReischel

My poetry is on a well known poetry site:

http://www.fanstory.com/treischel

My photography is featured at Capture Minnesota:

http://www.captureminnesota.com/users/treischel