[close] Thom Mullen's mentor Dr. Yvonne Ward writes "What is a poet? A poet is someone who takes the raw material of his life and makes something new and beautiful with it. What is ugly becomes beautiful. A poet takes his disappointments, fears, trauma, loneliness, and joy and creates something with words that stirs the human soul. A poet takes what his life is made of and creates an artistic form such as an artist paints her soul onto the canvas." Thom Mullen's poems are about current events, heroic veterans and firefighters, love, alcoholism, and his joyful life now. [close]