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Karlyle Tomms

Award Winning Author and Artist

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    EVERYTHING UNDER THE RAINBOW
    Karlyle Tomms
    • Apr 26, 2020
    • 32 min

    EVERYTHING UNDER THE RAINBOW

    A Commentary on Sex, Sexual Abuse, Society, Spirituality and Sexual Orientation PREFACE: I wrote this after having some communication wit...
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    THE CALLING DREAM
    Karlyle Tomms
    • Dec 15, 2019
    • 71 min

    THE CALLING DREAM

    FIRST THREE CHAPTERS Copyright © 2019 Karlyle Tomms All rights reserved First Edition PAGE PUBLISHING, INC. New York, NY First originally...
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    WILL THE REAL MASCULINITY PLEASE STAND UP?
    Karlyle Tomms
    • Jan 20, 2019
    • 15 min

    WILL THE REAL MASCULINITY PLEASE STAND UP?

    Okay, Gillette does a commercial which chastises men for bad behavior, a shadow of the “#MeToo” movement. Some men react, “I don’t need G...
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    #MeToo
    Karlyle Tomms
    • Jan 8, 2018
    • 19 min

    #MeToo

    I labored over whether to write this for a couple of months. I wasn’t quite sure exactly what I wanted to say, or in the final edit, that...
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    WHITE FEAR
    Karlyle Tomms
    • Nov 1, 2017
    • 14 min

    WHITE FEAR

    Even though my father was from southern California, I was born in the butt crack of nowhere, in northern Arkansas where my mother’s famil...
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    The Woe in Woman
    Karlyle Tomms
    • Nov 1, 2017
    • 9 min

    The Woe in Woman

    She eloped across the county line at fourteen, lied about her age, and married a man almost twice her age. In today’s world, he probably...
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    STANDING IN THE SHADOW OF COURAGE - Perceptions of my Father
    Karlyle Tomms
    • Nov 7, 2016
    • 16 min

    STANDING IN THE SHADOW OF COURAGE - Perceptions of my Father

    On the day my father died, I found a black feather on my way back from lunch standing straight up in the grass as though it had been plan...
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    MOMENTS OF PEACE
    Karlyle Tomms
    • Jul 31, 2016
    • 9 min

    MOMENTS OF PEACE

    Moments of Peace Karlyle Tomms 7/30/16 Pinnacle Mountain stands alone along the Arkansas River...
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    The Assassin’s Illusion (A commentary on the Pulse Nightclub shooting)
    Karlyle Tomms
    • Jun 17, 2016
    • 8 min

    The Assassin’s Illusion (A commentary on the Pulse Nightclub shooting)

    I grew up with guns. My grandpa had rifles and shotguns hanging on the walls. They were propped on ten penny nails driven just far enough...
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    GRATITUDE
    Karlyle Tomms
    • Apr 13, 2016
    • 10 min

    GRATITUDE

    Three words came to mind the first time I saw her –weird, strange, and goofy. She was older than the rest of us. She had a minimum of t...
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    Perception and Injustice
    Karlyle Tomms
    • Oct 31, 2015
    • 13 min

    Perception and Injustice

    The eastern Ozarks of Arkansas are not quite as grand as those to the west. Here the Ozark Mountains begin to roll gradually into the Mi...
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    "HATE (My Story)"
    Karlyle Tomms
    • Jun 28, 2015
    • 23 min

    "HATE (My Story)"

    I understand hate. I have felt rage so intense that it incites to kill. I have felt seething, malignant resentment so extreme that it bro...
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    "Nigger?" An Essay
    Karlyle Tomms
    • Mar 14, 2015
    • 11 min

    "Nigger?" An Essay

    (NOTE: I have been surprised by the number of people (All white people so far) who have completely missed the point of this essay. This ...
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    DEATH & LIFE EXPERIENCE
    unclepooh57
    • Feb 17, 2015
    • 9 min

    DEATH & LIFE EXPERIENCE

    Yesterday my aunt was laid to rest. Cold Arkansas wind sawed at our ears as we stood beside the grave site, an omen of snow later to fall...
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    AN ESSAY ON EGO
    Karlyle Tomms
    • Feb 1, 2015
    • 8 min

    AN ESSAY ON EGO

    Let’s get this straight. The entire human race is crazy. Every single one of us is insane right down to the very last one. There are just...
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    Hummingbirds - One of my favorite things.
    Karlyle Tomms
    • Jan 9, 2015
    • 3 min

    Hummingbirds - One of my favorite things.

    A glass of wine, a magazine and the porch swing in warm weather, back against a pillow, wind chimes and hummingbirds. This is my definiti...
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    NEW YEAR 2015
    Karlyle Tomms
    • Jan 2, 2015
    • 6 min

    NEW YEAR 2015

    New Year—new beginnings. Everyone thinks about this transition point every year. Goals and resolutions are made, sometimes seriously, m...
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    AN ESSAY ON FERGUSON
    Karlyle Tomms
    • Dec 2, 2014
    • 5 min

    AN ESSAY ON FERGUSON

    When I think of the events occurring on August 9, 2014 in Ferguson Missouri, I am struck by the realization that it only takes a single s...
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    Confessions from the Pumpkin Patch - First Three Chapters
    Karlyle Tomms
    • May 1, 2013
    • 41 min

    Confessions from the Pumpkin Patch - First Three Chapters

    Confessions From the Pumpkin Patch contains adult content. Discretion advised. by Karlyle Tomms Edited by Renee Minicozzi Cover image by ...
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