The Memory Caves marks Thomas Wells’ third poetry collection following Complexions of Being, published in 2022. His poems have previously been published in The Opiate, Dissident Voice, Caesura, The Magnolia Review and Tuck Magazine.
Wells’ work has also appeared in several anthologies, including Reflections on the Important Things, PS: It’s Poetry and PS: It’s Still Poetry, allpublished by PoetrySoup.com. He lives in San Jose, California, and is a member of the San Jose Poetry Center.
The Memory Caves
Exploring the oftentimes dark caverns of the human condition, Thomas Wells’ The Memory Caves takes its readers on an emotional odyssey. And as that word implies, it can often be eye-opening. Particularly as Wells addresses such increasingly hot-button issues as the effects of AI and mass shootings, while also delving into more “classic” problems of humanity. For example, that tried-and-true plight of any non-narcissist: feelings of total insignificance in an infinite universe.
But whatever topic Wells tackles in this artful, affecting collection, he does so with an undeniable passion. And yes, even hope for humanity’s future.
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