Stone Circle #ThrowbackThursday poem : "The Idea of Lightning" by Kimberly Gibson-Tran (@kdawn999.bsky.social) #TBT stonecirclereview.com/the-idea-of-...

The Idea of Lightning by Kimberly Gibson-Tran – Stone Circle Review

The Idea of Lightning — a poem by Kimberly Gibson-Tran in Stone Circle Review.

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🪿Silly Summer Web Series🪿 “My black cat isn’t black at all. / The sun strikes him the richest / umber...” Keeping things catty over here this week and, as a goose, I honkin’ love it! Thanks for this one @kdawn999.bsky.social ! Take a gander: sillygoosepress.com/silly-summer...

It’s me!! 😍🔺

Glass Poetry Press@glasspoetry.bsky.social · 3w ago

Today on Glass! "The Golden Triangle" by Kimberly Gibson-Tran! www.glass-poetry.com/journal.html

My poem “Golden Shovel After Renée Nicole Good” just out in Fahmidan Journal www.fahmidan.net/issue/26 @fahmidangroup.bsky.social

A little windfall of acceptances today! The ratio of 1:10 is still pretty steady for the year.

Proud to have the tampon poem in this issue! 🐋🛣️

Whale Road Review@whaleroadreview.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Our Summer 2026 issue is filled with work that moves between the whimsical and the all-too-real with a strong undercurrent of awareness and attention that can make even a toad or a tampon seem sacred. www.whaleroadreview.com/issue-43-sum...

"But, I remind, nature isn’t a single story. It levels and levels in gritty strata, presses skeletons into oil." Get your bearings and fall under the spell of new #prosepoetry from @kdawn999.bsky.social, now in Issue 10. #thewoolf thewoolfx.com/survey-by-ki...

Survey by Kimberly Gibson-Tran | The Woolf

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What’s new, fabulous and green all over? Issue 10, featuring @hughbehmsteinberg.bsky.social @kerstenak.bsky.social @chriscottom.bsky.social @judydarley.bsky.social @kdawn999.bsky.social @katherine-glee.bsky.social @mandirapattnaik.bsky.social ...and @megpokrass.bsky.social Enjoy! thewoolfx.com

The Woolf

Sometimes we howl.

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this beautiful gay planet deserves so much better than billionaires and chatgpt and landlords and cybertrucks and US presidents and coward universities and therapy speak and biopics

An elegy in the new issue of RockPaperPoem rockpaperpoem.com/current-issue/

It’s been a long wait, but just got my beautiful issue of @passagesnorth.bsky.social 😍 And someone drew me a mango 🥹🥭

Before there was “Heated Rivalry,” there was this New Yorker cartoon by Harry Bliss, published in 2001.

Teddy bears in tutus, teddy bears in tuxes, teddy bears with umbrellas and rubber boots ticked away my father’s final weeks. —Lori Jakiela

Build a Bear by Lori Jakiela - Rattle: Poetry

The Spring my father was dying, my mother bought a teddy-bear pattern from Joann Fabrics.

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Poem in the Shape of the Poet Beating Henry Kissinger to Death with Their Bare Hands by Felix

Kyler Fey vs Destoroyah@kylerfey.bsky.social · 5mo ago

As many of you will recall, the poem in the shape of beating Henry Kissinger to death is perhaps the single greatest piece of literature of this century.

2 pretty personal poems just out in Salvation South. Recordings available on the site: www.salvationsouth.com/everything-b...

Remember that you are dust, and that to dust you shall return.

Happy year of the fire horse [Mark Rothko, Red on Red, 1969]

ICYMI—Issue 8 is out now! You can read the new issue at garlicpresslit.com/issues/issue-8 We’re open for submissions for Issue 9!

Check out the new issue of Beaver Magazine! beavermag.org I’ve got a poem in it about current events and work and a Linklater movie.

6 acceptances so far in January! 33 rejections seems like a lot, but I’ve come to learn that this is a pretty decent ratio.

Today we're sharing work from five writers whose words are invigorating us through this cold and challenging season, and we hope you'll enjoy their work too. Issue 8 is out now! 💙 Read pieces from: Kimberly Gibson-Tran Jackie Hedeman Marc Huerta Osborn Sambhu Ramachandran Allegra Wilson

Some new poetry in 🧄@garlicpresslit.bsky.social today! Check out the issue: www.garlicpresslit.com/issues/issue... “Permission” is the first poem I’ve ever written in cantos.

Such a kind rejection almost feels like an acceptance! So glad to get encouragement on these 2 poems 💕

NVR's winter issue is available! Featuring @katiedozier.bsky.social, @janezwart.bsky.social, @lesleymwheeler.bsky.social, @sethwieck.bsky.social, @kdawn999.bsky.social, @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social, @poetjs.bsky.social, and more!

There are a few days left in 2025, but here are my end of year submission numbers. I was aggressive this year, which resulted in tons of rejections, but also gave me my highest number of accepted poems in a year—47!

MOM: We just got to the airport, but we can catch a later flight. Motion sensors say you’re in my bedroom. KEVIN: I’m hiding under your bed. MOM: Your Oura ring shows your heart rate is elevated. Don’t worry—I just turned on the radiant heat in the floors.

Home Alone, Updated for the Age of Surveillance

Kate McCallister realizes that her son Kevin didn’t make it with them to the airport on their way to Paris for the holidays. She frantically pulls ...

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Mate Cannabis

"The Oxen," by Thomas Hardy: www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53215/...

Recently read Allison Benis White’s _The Wendys_ and really really liked it!

River River Books@riverriverbooks.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Repost with the last book you enjoyed, and we’ll enter you in a drawing for one of our new fall poetry titles! 🍂📚💙 We are thankful for our readers ❤️ riverriverbooks.org/store/