𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞: We've had some rather rude queries lately. For those who don’t know, Grace’s son was hospitalized with T-ALL Cancer on April 17, 2025. 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠. They want to keep the magazine running, but EXPECT DELAYS! Kindness goes a long way. 🫶

Submissions are open, but EXPECT DELAYS! Grace’s son was diagnosed with stage 4 T-ALL Cancer (Lymphoma/Leukemia) on April 17, 2025. They are back in the hospital due to complications. They want to keep the magazine running, but please spread the word about response delays.

May 13, 2026 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 challenge 𝐈𝐒 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊. Can you write a compelling story in exactly 100 words? 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐤… unleash your imagination and participate directly on our blog weekly. #100WW inkinthirds.org/100ww-may-13...

Three Line Thursday 𝐈𝐒 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊. #TLT - May 7, 2026, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐤... Participate weekly, comment on others, and help 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 about 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙇𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙏𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙙𝙖𝙮! inkinthirds.org/tlt-may-7-20...

May 6, 2026 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 challenge 𝐈𝐒 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊. Can you write a compelling story in exactly 100 words? 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐤… unleash your imagination and participate directly on our blog weekly. #100WW inkinthirds.org/100ww-may-6-...

𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 (𝐕𝐨𝐥 𝟕, 𝐢.𝟏) Ten years ago, we started a little lit mag. Look at us now! 𝟐𝟎% 𝐨𝐟𝐟 print issues until May 8th. Code: 𝟐𝟎𝐌𝐀𝐘𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 via MagCloud “Where flowers bloom so does hope” — Lady Bird Johnson inkinthirds.org/vol-7-i-1/

Three Line Thursday 𝐈𝐒 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊. #TLT - April 30, 2026, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐤... Participate weekly, comment on others, and help 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 about 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙇𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙏𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙙𝙖𝙮! inkinthirds.org/tlt-april-30...

April 29, 2026 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 challenge 𝐈𝐒 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊. Can you write a compelling story in exactly 100 words? 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐤… unleash your imagination and participate directly on our blog weekly. #100WW inkinthirds.org/100ww-april-...

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Three Line Thursday 𝐈𝐒 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊. #TLT - April 23, 2026, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐤... Participate weekly, comment on others, and help 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 about 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙇𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙏𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙙𝙖𝙮! inkinthirds.org/tlt-april-23...

April 22, 2026 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 challenge 𝐈𝐒 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊. Can you write a compelling story in exactly 100 words? 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐤… unleash your imagination and participate directly on our blog weekly. #100WW inkinthirds.org/100ww-april-...

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𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 (𝐕𝐨𝐥 𝟕, 𝐢.𝟏) Ten years ago, we started a little lit mag. Look at us now! 𝟐𝟓% 𝐨𝐟𝐟 print issues until April 25th. Code: 𝟐𝟓𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 via MagCloud “Where flowers bloom so does hope” — Lady Bird Johnson inkinthirds.org/vol-7-i-1/

April #NationalPoetryMonth & HAPPY 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝙄𝙣𝙠 𝙄𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙙𝙨! "I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water..." ~Wendell Berry

The Peace of Wild Things

When despair for the world grows in me / and I wake in the night at the least sound / in fear of what...

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April #NationalPoetryMonth & HAPPY 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝙄𝙣𝙠 𝙄𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙙𝙨! "And then the day came, when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." ~Anaïs Nin

April #NationalPoetryMonth & HAPPY 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝙄𝙣𝙠 𝙄𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙙𝙨! "love is believable in every moment of exhaustion in every heartbroken home in every dark spirit, the meaning unfolds..." ~Lisa Zaran

Three Line Thursday 𝐈𝐒 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊. #TLT - April 16, 2026, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐤... Participate weekly, comment on others, and help 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 about 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙇𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙏𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙙𝙖𝙮! inkinthirds.org/tlt-april-16...

April #NationalPoetryMonth & HAPPY 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝙄𝙣𝙠 𝙄𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙙𝙨! "The time I like best is 6am when the snow is 6 inches deep which I'm yet to discover 'cause I'm under the covers fast, fast asleep. " ~Roger McGough

The Time I Like Best - The Time I Like Best Poem by Roger McGough

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April 15, 2026 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 challenge 𝐈𝐒 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊. Can you write a compelling story in exactly 100 words? 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐤… unleash your imagination and participate directly on our blog weekly. #100WW inkinthirds.org/100ww-april-...

April #NationalPoetryMonth & HAPPY 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝙄𝙣𝙠 𝙄𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙙𝙨! "I am not sorry for my soul That it must go unsatisfied, For it can live a thousand times, Eternity is deep and wide. " ~Sara Teasdale

Longing - Longing Poem by Sara Teasdale

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April #NationalPoetryMonth & HAPPY 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝙄𝙣𝙠 𝙄𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙙𝙨! "When I am an old woman I shall wear purple With a red hat which doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me. And I shall spend my pension on brandy and..." ~ Jenny Joseph

Warning - Warning Poem by Jenny Joseph

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𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 (𝐕𝐨𝐥 𝟕, 𝐢.𝟏) Ten years ago, we started a little lit mag. Look at us now! 𝟐𝟎% 𝐨𝐟𝐟 print issues until April 14th. Code: 𝟐𝟎𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 via MagCloud “Where flowers bloom so does hope” — Lady Bird Johnson inkinthirds.org/vol-7-i-1/

April #NationalPoetryMonth & HAPPY 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝙄𝙣𝙠 𝙄𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙙𝙨! "Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there. I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow..." ~Mary Elizabeth Frye

Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep - Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep Poem by Mary Elizabeth Frye

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April #NationalPoetryMonth & HAPPY 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝙄𝙣𝙠 𝙄𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙙𝙨! "Remember me when I am gone away, Gone far away into the silent land; When you can no more hold me by the hand... " ~Christina Georgina Rossetti buff.ly/qWKllgO

𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 (𝐕𝐨𝐥 𝟕, 𝐢.𝟏) Ten years ago, we started a little lit mag. Look at us now! 𝟐𝟎% 𝐨𝐟𝐟 print issues until April 14th. Code: 𝟐𝟎𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 via MagCloud “Where flowers bloom so does hope” — Lady Bird Johnson inkinthirds.org/vol-7-i-1/

April #NationalPoetryMonth & HAPPY 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝙄𝙣𝙠 𝙄𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙙𝙨! "If you can't wait to pick a book right now And read it through until the very end To find out who did what, and why, and how,..." ~KAREN JO SHAPIRO

If

If you can't wait to pick a book right now And read it through until the very end To find out who did what, and why, and how, Then—lucky you!—you're a…

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Three Line Thursday 𝐈𝐒 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊. #TLT - April 9, 2026, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐤... Participate weekly, comment on others, and help 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 about 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙇𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙏𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙙𝙖𝙮! inkinthirds.org/tlt-april-9-...

April #NationalPoetryMonth & HAPPY 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝙄𝙣𝙠 𝙄𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙙𝙨! "I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree..." ~ Joyce Kilmer

Trees

I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks…

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April 8, 2026 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 challenge 𝐈𝐒 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊. Can you write a compelling story in exactly 100 words? 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐤… unleash your imagination and participate directly on our blog weekly. #100WW inkinthirds.org/100ww-april-...

April #NationalPoetryMonth & HAPPY 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝙄𝙣𝙠 𝙄𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙙𝙨! "Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams..." ~ Langston Hughes

Dreams

Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly.   Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen…

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