Poetry
Written by Matthew Tolbert
Holy Night
Published in “Seasons of Change, Volume X!” and “Storyteller” Magazine.
A lone white candle holds the shrinking flame
That keeps night's darkness from the altar's cross;
A shadow rests behind a silver chalice.
The wind's temperate sighs still whisper heed,
Resembling yesterday's forgotten choirs.
A Bible's closed, too tired to preach; it sleeps,
Collecting dust. The statues seem relaxed
Though they protect the cold and empty pews.
The echoes linger from the Sundays gone
And I feel the peacefulness of God.
Greeting Cards
By Matthew Tolbert
Besides creating greeting cards for Gibson Cards, my syndicated comic strip, Everybody’s Business, appears in a series of greeting cards for business people. Hey, they need laughs too.
E-Cards
By Matthew Tolbert
E-cards
Gail Hess, a popular artist, and I created a series of 20 e-cards for Beyond.com. When customers purchased items on their web site, they had an option to attach a greeting e-card to the gift. Here is a sample of some of these.
COLUMN
UNFORGETTABLE SALES TALES
By Matthew Tolbert
A column that regularly appeared in the Los Angeles advertising magazine, "Ad L.A."
These were true stories from both the sales side and the recipient side.