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Sparse Words – A Poem by Kelly D. Tolman

admin — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:34:53 +0000

sparse words on bare
lines

seem a fraud

to the quick machinations of the mind

a skeleton

whose bones curl
at the smell of heavily versed
morality

but dead words

often hit the blunt truth

behind many thought’s thick
flesh

Words – A Poem By Kelly D. Tolman

admin — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:37:04 +0000

Hasty words, pasty words
Sounding on my head.
Sprung about
By hateful elves
To disquiet the thoughts of men.

Soft words, kind words
Bouncing on my ears.
Wrung out forcefully
Thru training
Of long and tearful years.

Other words, smother words
Neither here nor there.
Filling up vacant days
Like vacuums
Piling polluted airs.

Finding Inspiration for Writing

admin — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:27:00 +0000

I write a couple of blogs in addition to this one. This blog is my favorite as I include the information that is most important to me and I get to share my most creative stuff. Sometimes, however, it can be pretty tough to find inspiration to keep putting out any kind of post let alone publish anything of quality 3 times each week.

The great thing about this, however, is that I have learned to find inspiration from just about everything around me. I wrote a poem about chewing gum because I asked my 4 year old daughter what I should write about. She has an obsession about gum and made her suggestion.

I can’t say that every poem I write is a masterpiece. There are those that I love more than others. There are stories that I enjoy more than others, and I don’t always have time to work on the latest chapter of my novel, but I have learned to take nearly any topic or thought and turn it into a poem or a string of sentences that I am willing to share with the public.

Inspiration can be found in any tangible object, or in a strand of conversation. A song on the radio. A news broadcast. The people in our lives – especially friends and family. All of these make good topics for poetry and stories. The trick is looking closely enough at the world to care enough about it to write.

Fruitful Reading – A Poem by Kelly D. Tolman

admin — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:56:58 +0000

The end has a twist, like lemon.
The middle is voluptuous,
however you spell it. Tastes
like grapes, the purple kind.
The beginning is quaint like
little log cabins, but stronger
and more entertaining. needs
spice, ginger, it smells the
best. But not too much, after
all this is light reading and sweets
will spoil your diet.

Poetry – A Poem by Kelly D. Tolman

admin — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:15:40 +0000

Poetry is not inside. I
Write, true, but
Fiction comes too strong. the
Meter is wrong. I death a
Metaphor, I don’t know.
Climax is not dying, nor do I wish a
Character so dark. The heart’s
Image wants to be good, but the
Symbol is bad.