title: Jim Thomas (poet)
text: # Jim Thomas (poet)
  
  Jim Thomas (1930–February 2009) was an American poet, and professor at Truman State University, from 1964 to 1994.
  
  He served in the United States Army in the Korean War, retiring as a lieutenant colonel in the National Guard.
  
  ## Works
  
  * Seed Time, Harvest Time, Thomas Jefferson University Press, 1990, ISBN 978-0-943549-10-1
  * Brief Tracks, Truman State University Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1-935503-01-9
  