Deletion of Larry D. Thomas

Comment: after ignoring potential COI. 1) poet laureate is a pretty prominent decoration 2) sourcing includes: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61167285/the-odessa-american/ profile in a local paper, reviews (https://www.valpo.edu/vpr/v13n1/v13n1prose/alfierreviewthomas.php, http://www.larrydthomas.com/SkinLightTXBooksinReview.pdf, https://www.tbr.txstate.edu/archives/fall-2015/as-if-light-matters.html and more cited in the article) https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/heights-news/article/Faces-in-the-Crowd-Larry-D-Thomas-1487030.php profile in  Houston Chronicle. I don't think it's clear notability, but what is established is that he's a somewhat prominent poet in Texas (which by the way is a huge state), and I think a borderline pass of  and . Best
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NCREATIVE||WP:GNG)