Rudy Thomas

Rudy Thomas is a Kentucky web poet. His poetry can be found at www.allpoetry.com where he writes under the username "mtpoet." He also writes at the following website: www.poets2000.com/webpoetry.
Biography
Early life and education
Rudy Thomas was born in Springfield, Ohio to Maurice and Ruth Thomas.
Career
Rudy Thomas is an influential Kentucky and Appalachian poet and writer. He has written or had his work published in many anthologies. At first Thomas only wrote poetry in German but later began writing in English after he had worked with Jim Wayne Miller, a professor of Literature and German at Western Kentucky University for 33 years, during his time attending Western Kentucky University. A former school superintendent and the Director of the Lindsey Wilson College Upward Bound program. He has been called a radical conservative for his political views.
Bibliography
*"handsel IV", one poem (1972)
*"Tributaries", one poem (December 1972)
*"handsel V", one poem (1972)
*"Tapestry", one poem (1972)
*"Help Yourself", two poems (Spring 1974)
*"Wind", one poem (Spring 1974)
*"Help Yourself", four poems (Winter 1975)
*"Wind Magazine", one poem (1975)
*"Help Yourself", one poem (Summer 1976)
*"Pegasus", Special U.S. Bicentennial K.S.P.S. Tenth Anniversary Issue, two poems (1976)
*"Help Yourself", two poems (Summer 1977)
*"Pegasus", Special Prize Poems Issue, KSPS (Kentucky State Poetry Society) Contest, the poem: Kentucky Transplant (1977)
*"Mountain Review", Vol. 3, No. 4, Five poems (1978)
*"Help Yourself", two poems (Winter 1979)
*"Mountain Review", Vol. 4, No. 3, one poem (1979)
*"The Laurel Review", one poem (Summer 1979)
*"Kentucky poetry review", two poems (Winter/Spring 1980)
*"cumberlands", one poem (Winter/Spring 1980)
*"Kentucky poetry review", hollis summers issue, one poem (Spring 1981)
*"Mountain Review", one poem (Spring 1981)
*"cumberlands", one poem (Spring/Summer 1982)
*"River City Review", one poem (Spring 1983)
*"Scripsit", Vol. 1, one poem (1984)

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