Tyson Walker (twalker74)

I found writing by chance. Upon entering college, I had this crazy notion of wanting to enter politics. After one class and at the nudging of a good friend, I was introduced to poetry. One of the hardest lessons I learned is that I am no poet. Though I still write poetry, it has become an exercise rather than a calling. What I carry with me is the knowledge that I have a passion for religion, philosophy, and the narrative. As each is an attempt to understand life and our experiences, I too have come to the realization that passé opinions and general coddling destroyed areas of much needed improvement. I always welcome informed criticism and far respect the individual that can see perspectives.

We are defined by the events in which we participate. We are what we experience. We are individuals, imprisoned only by those we allow to do as such.

"What we share with another ceases to be our own." --Cicero (Seems he knew about Roland Barthe’s essay The Death of the Author before he did.)

In the Spotlight

Literary Criticism: Stranger in a Strange Land

This is a critical look at one of my favorite books of all time. Even though I have a great love for Heinlein's message, I found some glaring issues in regard to gender.

In the Spotlight

Literary Comparison of LOTR and the Aeneid

This came as a suggestion from a professor. I found a whole new love for both Tolkien and for Virgil.

In the Spotlight

Morning Drinks

Scribblings of alone with my thoughts and drinks in a bar.

In the Spotlight

The Untitles

Short works attempting to acutely recall the loneliness of the narrator.

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  letterpile.com

  The Warm Abyss

  2 months ago

  An original piece that danced in my head for far too long. Still a work in progress, but it is something. Good or bad is still up for debate though.

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  Poems & Poetry

  Morning Drinks

  11 years ago

  Scribblings of alone with my thoughts and drinks in a bar.

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  Poems & Poetry

  The Untitles

  11 years ago

  Short works attempting to acutely recall the loneliness of the narrator.

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  Creative Writing

  The Stories Alden Gardner (Part 4)

  11 years ago

  A search into why violence inspires us at least likely of moments.

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  Science Fiction & Fantasy Books

  Literary Criticism: Stranger in a Strange Land

  11 years ago

  This is a critical look at one of my favorite books of all time. Even though I have a great love for Heinlein's message, I found some glaring issues in regard to gender.

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  Creative Writing

  A Train, A Voice, An Adventure (Part One)

  15 years ago

  Rambling of my first trip on a freight train.

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  Western Literature

  Literary Comparison of LOTR and the Aeneid

  15 years ago

  This came as a suggestion from a professor. I found a whole new love for both Tolkien and for Virgil.

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  Creative Writing

  The Stories Alden Gardner (Part 3)

  11 years ago

  The continuing misadventures of Alden as he navigates life, trying to find the confidence to rebuild a broken spirit.

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  Creative Writing

  The Uninteresting Self 2

  10 years ago

  Here I attempt again to capture the simplicity and continue my exercises in observation.

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  Creative Writing

  The Stories Alden Gardner (Part 2)

  11 years ago

  When a person loses their way, there are moments when others around us inadvertently empathize, connect or inspire us to reconnect. Whether we listen or not is another story.

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  Satirical Poetry

  Poetical Myth

  11 years ago

  This was my rather elementary attempt at gender commentary in the 21st, while tipping my hat to Homer and T.S. Eliot

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  Creative Writing

  The Stories Alden Gardner (Part 1)

  11 years ago

  This is the story of man who gave everything and lost his way. It is the search for a soul by a man who doesn't believe in it.

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  Creative Writing

  The Uninteresting Self

  10 years ago

  Here I attempt to capture the simplicity of my everyday existence, as well as an exercise in observation.