Kimberly Gibson-Tran

Build a Bear by Lori Jakiela - Rattle: Poetry The Spring my father was dying, my mother bought a teddy-bear pattern from Joann Fabrics.

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

—Lori Jakiela

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

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.

Mark Rothko canvas, red on red

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.

Very true. Not confident on Tygra since he’s usually having to babysit Lion-O, WilyKit, or WilyKat.

Oooh…Shere Khan. He’s just so damn intimidating.

The Poisonwood Bible
The Green Mile
All the Pretty Horses
Nikki Giovanni’s Acolytes

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!

Thank you for the review!!

Absolutely. I feel I can take the rejections in stride now (mostly).

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!

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 ...

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.

Old and unusual 19th Century Christmas card. A large rough tuber with a human head wearing a tall hat walks on its roots holding a cane in its right arm and a heart-shaped object reading "A Merry Christmas to You."

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!

Still of Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton and Jane Fonda from the film, 9 to 5. Text above reads: Get in losers, we’re going to ruin the workforce.

lol lost it at “peer review deez nuts”

My first time as a prize finalist! 🎉💕

I have another concrete poem out in Midway Journal! You can read “Holes” here: midwayjournal.com/holes/

Read my concrete poem just out in Porter House Review! porterhousereview.org/articles/the...

A milestone! 200 rejection letters so far this year! Celebrating does help! 🎉

NEW POEM #271: "The Idea of Lightning" by Kimberly Gibson-Tran (@kdawn999.bsky.social)

"A crack in the crypt, that jolt
against mortality, the way the iris
closes in. The air is a marriage
of mud and the fine fine dust
that spills in with the morning."

stonecirclereview.com/the-idea-of-...

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