Padma Thornlyre

- United States of America -

Padma Thornlyre, born in Fort Collins, Colorado USA 1959,  is now retired and devotes his time to writing poetry and fiction, and reading. He now lives in Raton, New Mexico USA. His multi-arts project, Mad Blood, begun in the late 1980s, has taken many forms in the service of other artists. 

 

Thornlyre’s nine poetry books include the Anxiety Quartet (Grand Junction, USA: Turkey Buzzard Press/TBP 2020-2021), Mavka (TBP: 2011) and Eating Totem (TBP: 2008). He collaborated with the Ukrainian poet, Lyudmyla Diadchenko, on producing her first book of English translations, Magnetic Storms (No Reply Press, 2023), and now continues their partnership on The Obedient Street (in-progress). He is also editing his tenth poetry collection, WagJaw, and his first novel, Baubo’s Beach.

 

Padma has conducted writing workshops at poetry festivals in Salida and Denver, Colorado (USA) and has given readings in California, Colorado, Iowa, New Mexico and New York.