The Writer's Experience. . .Well, My Experience Anyway.
I don't remember when I didn't makeup stories. I wasn't a liar except for a few told during childhood, but I guess it could be argued...
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Karlyle Tomms
- Mar 1
- 9 min
Death and Life Experience
Karlyle Tomms - A Personal Story Yesterday my aunt was laid to rest. Cold Arkansas wind sawed at our ears as we stood beside the grave...
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unclepooh57
- Jun 1, 2022
- 2 min
Man's Inhumanity
Watching things unfold in Uvalde, watching politicians scramble to exploit the event for political gain, and realizing the horrific grief...
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unclepooh57
- May 29, 2022
- 2 min
Grief and Gratitude
It seems like this has been a season of tragedy, both for the country and in our personal lives because many of us have also lost loved...
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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...
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Karlyle Tomms
- Jan 20, 2019
- 15 min
WILL THE REAL MASCULINITY PLEASE STAND UP? My thoughts about "toxic" masculinity.
Okay, Gillette does a commercial which chastises men for bad behavior, a shadow of the “#MeToo” movement. Some men react, “I don’t need...
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Karlyle Tomms
- Jan 7, 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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Karlyle Tomms
- Oct 31, 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...
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Karlyle Tomms
- Oct 31, 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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Karlyle Tomms
- Nov 6, 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...
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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...
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Karlyle Tomms
- Jun 16, 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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Karlyle Tomms
- Apr 12, 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...
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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...
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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...
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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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unclepooh57
- Feb 16, 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...
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Karlyle Tomms
- Jan 31, 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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Karlyle Tomms
- Jan 8, 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...
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Karlyle Tomms
- Jan 1, 2015
- 6 min
NEW YEAR
New Year—new beginnings. Everyone thinks about this transition every year as one year rolls over into the other. Goals and resolutions...
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