Dennis Thomas was born on February 5, 1951 in Tumbarumba, New South Wales but has been living in Canberra since 1970. Dennis started writing in 1990, while in a stormy relationship that prompted spiritual self examination. The relationship ended, but Dennis’s writing career began. At this time, Dennis started going to the legendary “Rescuing Beached Mondays” weekly poetry event at Kimbos Wine Bar. In more recent times, Dennis has founded Poets Unite, a poetry group that meets once a fortnight and a great poet of the past is featured at each meeting.
Dennis works as a Sales Representative, but he tries to maintain the discipline of writing poetry three times a week. His poetry has been inspired and influenced by his interest in ancient Chinese, Tibetan and Indian mysticism and philosophy. He is also inspired by the work of Blake, Shelley, Keats, and many other legends of the past. Dennis is a great believer in meditation, stillness of the mind, and achieving greatness by being in the void.