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Kimberly Gibson-Tran

@kdawn999.bsky.social
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Reader, poet, essayist, reviewer, cat person, Trekkie, ไทย speaker, book clubber, linguist, Texan/Floridian, missionary kid, she/they kimberlygibsontran.wordpress.com www.pw.org/directory/writers/kimber…

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The Woolf (Official) @thewoolfofficial.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Happy to nominate these fab contributors of words & art for the next @bestofthenet.bsky.social anthology. Fingers crossed for Atiqah Ghazali-alKashif, Carolyn Schlam, @jen-bryant.bsky.social, @kerstenak.bsky.social & @kdawn999.bsky.social. Check out their nominated work here...
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Silly Goose Press @sillygoosepress.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
SGP's Silly Summer Web Series features the work of the AMAZING poets listed below! @reverendpear.bsky.social @joshuaboers.bsky.social @kathrynreese.bsky.social @landmage.bsky.social @kdawn999.bsky.social #AlexandraSchneider #AmeliaPozniak #DarlaHimeles #DebbieCampbell
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Stone Circle Review @stonecirclereview.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Stone Circle #ThrowbackThursday poem : "The Idea of Lightning" by Kimberly Gibson-Tran (@kdawn999.bsky.social) #TBT stonecirclereview.com/the-idea-of-...
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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 Goose Press @sillygoosepress.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
🪿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...
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Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
It’s me!! 😍🔺
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Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
My poem “Golden Shovel After Renée Nicole Good” just out in Fahmidan Journal www.fahmidan.net/issue/26 @fahmidangroup.bsky.social
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Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
A little windfall of acceptances today! The ratio of 1:10 is still pretty steady for the year.
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After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 08/06/2026
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Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Proud to have the tampon poem in this issue! 🐋🛣️
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The Woolf (Official) @thewoolfofficial.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
"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...
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Survey by Kimberly Gibson-Tran | The Woolf
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The Woolf (Official) @thewoolfofficial.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
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
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Sometimes we howl.
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Chen Chen @chenchenwrites.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
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
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Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
An elegy in the new issue of RockPaperPoem rockpaperpoem.com/current-issue/
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Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
It’s been a long wait, but just got my beautiful issue of @passagesnorth.bsky.social 😍 And someone drew me a mango 🥹🥭
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 28/03/2026
Before there was “Heated Rivalry,” there was this New Yorker cartoon by Harry Bliss, published in 2001.
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Rattle Poetry @rattlepoetry.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Teddy bears in tutus, teddy bears in tuxes, teddy bears with umbrellas and rubber boots ticked away my father’s final weeks. —Lori Jakiela
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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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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 25/02/2026
Poem in the Shape of the Poet Beating Henry Kissinger to Death with Their Bare Hands by Felix
A poem in the shape of the artist beating Henry Kissinger to death, full text can be found on the website Taco Bell Quarterly
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Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
2 pretty personal poems just out in Salvation South. Recordings available on the site: www.salvationsouth.com/everything-b...
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A. E. Stallings @aestallings.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Remember that you are dust, and that to dust you shall return.
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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Happy year of the fire horse [Mark Rothko, Red on Red, 1969]
Mark Rothko canvas, red on red
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The Garlic Press @garlicpresslit.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
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!
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Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
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.
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Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
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.
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The Garlic Press @garlicpresslit.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
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
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Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
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.
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Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Such a kind rejection almost feels like an acceptance! So glad to get encouragement on these 2 poems 💕
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New Verse Review @newversereview.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
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!
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Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
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!
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 23/12/2025
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.
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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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petrichor @petrichorlit.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Mate Cannabis
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."
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A. E. Stallings @aestallings.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
"The Oxen," by Thomas Hardy: www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53215/...
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The Oxen
We pictured the meek mild creatures where They dwelt in their strawy pen, Nor did it occur to one of us there To doubt they were kneeling then.
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Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Recently read Allison Benis White’s _The Wendys_ and really really liked it!
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Sarah A @sarahleeab.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
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.
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Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
lol lost it at “peer review deez nuts”
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Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
My first time as a prize finalist! 🎉💕
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Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
I have another concrete poem out in Midway Journal! You can read “Holes” here: midwayjournal.com/holes/
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Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Read my concrete poem just out in Porter House Review! porterhousereview.org/articles/the...
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Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
A milestone! 200 rejection letters so far this year! Celebrating does help! 🎉
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Stone Circle Review @stonecirclereview.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
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-... #Poem
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Coffee House Press @coffeehousepress.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
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Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
My poem “Genesis 1” is featured on the latest episode of the Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast @viewlesswings.bsky.social Listen here! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/v...
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Five Poets Recite (Abel Saldaña, Diana Athena, Jason Palomino, Kimberly Gibson-Tran, John Grey)
Podcast Episode · Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast · 09/29/2025 · 14m
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Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Feeling it’s about time for my 30th re-watch. #PrideandPrejudice #Godhasbeenverygoodtous
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Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Wohoo! A poem accepted today after a dry spell of many weeks and some 30 rejection letters!
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Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
My “Orbital Story” published by Opol opol.space/@kimberly-gi...
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Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Many thanks to Ghudsavar Literary Magazine for giving a home to my poem “Today Smelled Like My Childhood.” www.ghudsavar.com/poem-pages/7... 🌾
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Jay @duniagamemaster.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
It's Minnesota State Fair time! It's time for Minnesotan folk art! Here, for example, is Saturn Devouring His Corn, in the seed art category!
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Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
My weird little poem now out in @memezine.bsky.social 💙
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Hole In The Head Review @holeinthehead.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Visit www.holeintheheadreview.com for our Fall issue. Here’s a sample from Kimberly Gibson-Tran’s “Crossing I-75”. Kimberly Gibson-Tran's (@kdawn999.bsky.social) writing appears in The Bombay Literary Magazine, Baltimore Review, Passages North, Porter House, Third Coast, and elsewhere.
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Hole In The Head Review @holeinthehead.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
The Fall 2025 issue is live at www.holeintheheadreview.com! Here's a sampling from Shagufta Mulla's "I Am That I Am (Exodus 3:14)".
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