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Karlyle Tomms

Award Winning Author and Artist

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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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