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About T H Savaht

T H Savaht moved to Oregon in 2010. A healing arts practitioner, T H has studied with indigenous people in Siberia and South America. He began writing poetry in earnest while studying and eating moon pies at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. He is also the author of Ebon Chronicles, a self help guide disguised as a vampire novel. He currently resides in Norway, crafting stories and skipping stones on the fjord.

My Grandmother’s candy dish

November 18, 2021 by T H Savaht 6 Comments

Is gone
sold
not long after her death
[Read More]

Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing, Poetry, Spirit

The Owls of Oslo

October 1, 2017 by T H Savaht 4 Comments

The Owls of Oslo
I cannot see
I hear them over the din of cars
and bells
and the drunken cacophony
of Saturday evening
[Read More]

Filed Under: Featured Writing, Poetry

Warm Norwegian Wood

June 15, 2017 by T H Savaht Leave a Comment

Winter used to begin in October and end very late in March … maybe. This year Christmas was without any snow, and no snow appeared remotely in the forecast. [Read More]

Filed Under: Culture, Featured Writing, Nature

Angels from Everywhere

September 6, 2016 by T H Savaht 2 Comments

When I was 19, I was a razor. Intense, a zealot, and more than a little crazy. So many people told me the military was for me. [Read More]

Filed Under: Art, Featured Writing, Movies, Song and Dance

Missing W.S. Merwin and Valhalla

February 21, 2016 by T H Savaht 2 Comments

We cannot All
Dine
Together
[Read More]

Filed Under: Featured Writing, Poetry, Spirit

Lunch with David

January 24, 2016 by T H Savaht 1 Comment

Thank you for the pain and the glory. For the angst and the fame.
[Read More]

Filed Under: Featured Writing, Poetry, Song and Dance Tagged With: David Bowie

Tres Haiku

December 9, 2015 by T H Savaht 2 Comments

poems speak like otters
on their backs cracking clams
always opening

Filed Under: Poetry, ULE

crows in a wheat field (for Vincent)

August 16, 2015 by T H Savaht 3 Comments

in Sun you are weeping dragging last bits of impasto Black across the sky beside you wheat goes on forever golden waves breaking breaking crows gather thick to one side Black like sudden tears they shudder then fly away you hang your head you do not watch them go

Filed Under: Art, Poetry, ULE

Mythos, Pathos, and a Lotus Flower

July 21, 2015 by T H Savaht 5 Comments

Baying in sylvan moonlight, intrepid eyes watch as harbingers of sound, spoken word dappled in periwinkle trust, parades flamboyantly, confidently, down horse cobbled streets. [Read More]

Filed Under: Featured Writing, Poetry, Spirit

Three Stones and a Pipe

May 20, 2015 by T H Savaht 4 Comments

Words are shared in memory of Steve McLeod, beloved artist and gatherer. [Read More]

Filed Under: Art, Culture, Featured Writing

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Readers’ Comments

  • Watt Childress April 28, 2025 at 11:48 am on Uncle Zech’s Amphibious GestaltAlso, you inspired me to insert a sentence crediting Hoyt Axton with the song's genesis. Many thanks!
  • Watt Childress April 27, 2025 at 10:55 pm on Uncle Zech’s Amphibious GestaltThank you kindly Jim for reading this and commenting. I enjoyed your review of "Sun House" by David James Duncan,
  • Jim Stewart April 27, 2025 at 8:26 pm on Uncle Zech’s Amphibious GestaltNice! Hoyt Axton wrote the Jeremiah song and sang it with great gusto. Life wanders on and I'm still glad
  • Watt Childress April 26, 2025 at 3:51 pm on Uncle Zech’s Amphibious GestaltDuring spring I think of you, and all the May Pole celebrations you've organized over the years. So grateful for
  • Watt Childress April 26, 2025 at 3:18 pm on Uncle Zech’s Amphibious GestaltIn my dreams I sing to the multitudes, with a voice as clear and sweet and churchy as Lou Reed.
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