Timothy Tarkelly

Poet, teacher, musician, guy who made it all the way through Super Mario Bros without getting hit one time!

[Timothy Tarkelly @tarkellyt]

Random poem from earlier this year: "Seasonal Affective Disorder Advent Calendar: Day One"
https://t.co/w9JqwbVorl

[Timothy Tarkelly @tarkellyt]

@AjaxtheGriff Congratulations!!

[Olivia Hayse (Brennan) @OliviaHayseKS]

Your new LNC Region 7 rep! I’ll be representing KS, OK, TX, AR!

@LPNational

[The Rational Animal 🤔 @theobjectivist]

The average American today lives better than John D. Rockefeller did in 1926. That is not an exaggeration. It is a fact.

Rockefeller could not fly across the country in five hours. You can for $200. He could not video call his family from another continent. You do it for free. He had no antibiotics, no MRI, no air conditioning in July. He could not carry every book ever written in his pocket. You are reading this on a device that does all of that and more.

Americans throw away 30-40% of their food. Not because they are wasteful, but because food is so abundant that waste is affordable. Your car has climate control, navigation, and safety systems that did not exist at any price a century ago. Your home has heating, cooling, refrigeration, and entertainment that emperors could not have imagined.

None of this was voted into existence. None of it was redistributed from the rich. It was created by free minds operating in what remains of a free market. Every comfort you enjoy today is the product of a man who thought, invented, produced, and traded voluntarily.

This is what the remnants of capitalism still deliver, even while it is being dismantled. Imagine what a fully free society could build.

[Timothy Tarkelly @tarkellyt]

@Jessethefree Evan Williams is good and cheap.

[Timothy Tarkelly @tarkellyt]

@The_5thEstate Mega-corporations are able to exploit the world through the express permission (and often demand) of governments.

[Jesse The Free 🏴 @Jessethefree]

If you identify as not a real libertarian ahead of time, then you won’t have to argue that you are with others.

[Jesse The Free 🏴 @Jessethefree]

If you oppose endless wars, are kind to others, believe self-defense is a fundamental right, believe in private property rights, and want to be left alone, you’re my kind of people.

[Timothy Tarkelly @tarkellyt]

@AncapAir EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!! Whether you get there through Karl Marx, Thomas Paine, or Murray Rothbard, we are united by a deep distrust of government. When the establishment is abolished, you are free to whatever voluntary associations best tickle your philosophical fancy.

[Timothy Tarkelly @tarkellyt]

@lhallwriter https://t.co/mpKtjTV4qN

[Timothy Tarkelly @tarkellyt]

@authoradraeanna My first scholarly work is being published next month (about Austen's use of soldiers and sailors in her novels).

And I'm a published romance author and poet!

[Timothy Tarkelly @tarkellyt]

@allgarbled It definitely feels that way. I'm a poet in a town of ten thousand people. The only other poets are the students I trick into joining the school's poetry club.

[Timothy Tarkelly @tarkellyt]

@tamingtigerfilm @rbnmckenna86 Yes! A lot of people have replaced morality with politics. It's like they think they're a good person because the think the government should help the "working class", but then actually hate working class people and blame them for all of their problems.

[poet john compton @poetjohncompton]

my new poem out with @NorthernGritLit
thanks to editor @CarsonPytell for liking this poem and publishing it:

[Timothy Tarkelly @tarkellyt]

@natallman This is my students when they discover I've had multiple books published. They assume if there's a book with your name on it you're living a very cool life somewhere, as I did when I was their age.

Nope. Those writers are just someone's weird, boring English teacher.

[Timothy Tarkelly @tarkellyt]

Deleted my account last year, and made a new one. Don't mind me randomly reposting years-old poems of mine.

[Agape Review 🕊️ @AgapeReview]

In his poem, “Legal Sunrise,” Timothy Tarkelly reflects on the simple joys of a redeemed life, especially that of a hunter. https://t.co/bRWwqvrlZG

[Agape Review 🕊️ @AgapeReview]

In his poem, “San Miguel Chapel,” Timothy Tarkelly reflects on praying in San Miguel Chapel, the oldest standing church in the continental United States. https://t.co/vJjcLIw8b5

[T.L. States @epmornsesh]

Love a poem like this, that strips away the pretense. From @TimothyTarkelly & @PatioBack.

"How Did It Feel When You Deleted Our Photo Off of Your Instagram?" by Timothy Tarkelly https://t.co/5bXLrtgeP9 via @wordpressdotcom

[Amethyst Review @AmethystReview]

My Zafu is Collecting Dust - a poem by Timothy Tarkelly https://t.co/rOsvv2Cz1R

[Cauldron Anthology @cauldronanth2]

Here's our latest post, a #poem by @TimothyTarkelly: https://t.co/3gZI2aetmf