Thax Douglas

Who is Thax Douglas?

Thaxter Elliott Douglas III, better known as Thax Douglas, is an American rock poet based out of Austin, Texas. For many years, Thax was a fixture at Chicago-area shows, prefacing performances with poems directly inspired by the music of the bands. Many of Douglas' poems have been compiled in his books, which are self-distributed.

He began writing "confessional poetry" in the 1980s before he settled on his present style of "poetry-portraits".

In 2006, Douglas made an ill-fated attempt to move to New York City. He returned to Chicago and resumed reading poems before performances until he moved to Austin in 2009.

The Posies 2010 album Blood/Candy takes its title from Douglas' poem written for their 2000 show at Schuba's in Chicago.