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Kip Knott

@kiptain.bsky.social
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Poet, writer, photographer. Author of FAMILY HAUNTS (Louisiana Literature Press). Wigleaf Top 50 2024. Best Microfiction 2024.

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Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Here’s the opening of my new story in @trampset.bsky.social. Click the link below to read the full story. The Incredible Mr. Limpet was my favorite movie when I was a kid. If you’ve not seen it, I strongly encourage you to watch it while sitting in a comfy chair. www.trampset.org/post/i-have-...
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trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Every day I am more certain than the day before that Mr. Limpet has something important to tell me. Perhaps something wonderful, like tomorrow’s winning lottery numbers" @kiptain.bsky.social's "I Have Never Stopped Believing in the Incredible Mr. Limpet" www.trampset.org/post/i-have-...
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I Have Never Stopped Believing in The Incredible Mr. Limpet | trampset
by Kip Knott...When I was a kid, the notion of falling into the ocean and turning into a fish that could live and breathe forever underwater became my most fervent desire, especially on those days whe...
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Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thanks to @vicnogaywrites.bsky.social & @identitytheory.bsky.social for including my microfiction “Mark Rothko’s Suicide Note” in the Fall micro issue. Just when I think I’ve gotten out of Rothko’s gravitational pull, he pulls me back in. www.identitytheory.com/mark-rothkos.... #microfiction
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Mark Rothko’s Suicide Note - Identity Theory
I took the pills and slit my wrists because no one understood.
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Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Here’s the first of 3 new prose poems up today in the Fall issue of @rawheadjournal.bsky.social. Thank you to everyone at Rawhead for putting together such a lovely issue. Click here to read the whole issue: rawheadjournal.org/rawhead-issu...
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Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Thank you to @paragraphplanet.bsky.social for publishing my 75-word microfiction story “There Are No Atheists in Tornado Alley.” Click the link below to check it out. I lived in Tornado Alley for 4 years. Storms are definitely the Gods that rule there. www.paragraphplanet.com/index.php #microfiction
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A flash fiction website for writers and readers. One 75 word tale published daily. Plus author interviews and writing group map
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trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Next issue drops 9/25. Featuring James Callan @lmanusos.bsky.social Zach Wallis @janstinchcomb.bsky.social @lydiabuzzard.bsky.social @rossmcmeekin.bsky.social @kiptain.bsky.social Jamie Zerndt, Lucas Reilly, & @writesloud.bsky.social Are we still cool if we use the word "doozy"? B/c it's a doozy.
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Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Check out my new poem about our future robot overlords that dropped today on @januaryhouselit.bsky.social: januaryhouselit.com/2026/09/02/h...
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Humanoid Beats Usain Bolt’s 100m Record at Beijing Robot Games
by Kip Knott The five-day games demonstrate China’s rapid progress in advanced robotics… Associated Press When the robot breaks the tape,its stops dead center on the trackand turns slowly in all di…
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Read "After-Dinner Conversation with Rothko’s Ghost" written by @kiptain.bsky.social and illustrated by @courtneyb77.bsky.social. "As soon as the waiter clears our dishes, Rothko sees the empty white tablecloth as just another canvas needing to be filled." tinyurl.com/yfrhveym
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After-Dinner Conversation with Rothko’s Ghost — Ghost Parachute
As soon as the waiter clears our dishes, Rothko sees the empty white tablecloth as just another canvas needing to be filled. “I don’t have any paints with me,” he says as he rolls up his sleeves, “but...
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Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Rothko still haunts me in my new story in the September issue of Ghost Parachute. Thank you to @brettpribble.bsky.social for being a terrific supporter of my writing. And thank you to Courtney Burton for the perfect artwork. Read the story here: ghostparachute.com/issue/septem...
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After-Dinner Conversation with Rothko’s Ghost — Ghost Parachute
As soon as the waiter clears our dishes, Rothko sees the empty white tablecloth as just another canvas needing to be filled. “I don’t have any paints with me,” he says as he rolls up his sleeves, “but...
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Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I’m always proud to have work in @antiheroinchic.bsky.social. Six new photos of mine—3 color & 3 b/w—just dropped in the September issue. Here are two of the b/w photos. Click here to check out the rest and to read the new issue: heroinchic.weebly.com/blog/photogr...
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Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Thank you to everyone @blinkink50.bsky.social for including my 50-word story in their new issue. Check out the table of contents to see all the terrific writers packed into this tiny yet mighty issue. Go to blink-ink.org and subscribe today.
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
We're taking an August break so this month please enjoy #fiction from our recent catalogue. Today we're featuring Bolting by Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social #flashfiction #readingcommunity. Please follow the link and enjoy. fictivedream.com/2025/07/25/b...
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Syncopation Literary Journal @syncopationlit.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
From Disney films to Dark Side of the Moon, @kiptain.bsky.social dreams in movies and music. Read about our Featured Artist here: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... Photo: Forte, Kip Knott #movies #film #disney #pinkfloyd #musicsky #artist #writer #photography #magazine
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Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
And from the archives @megpokrass.bsky.social Wigleaf long list: Mikki Aronoff, Jo Gatford, Sarah Lynn Hurd, @kiptain.bsky.social Best Microfiction @claudiamonpere.bsky.social
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Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Here are the opening paragraphs of “Hubcap,” the first story I ever had published. Click here to read the full story: fracturedlit.com/hubcap/. Many thanks to Beloit Fiction Journal for publishing this in 2004 and to the editors of @fracturedlit.bsky.social for giving this story a second life.
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Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Always proud to have new work in @mrbullbull.bsky.social. Here’s the first of two new microfictions that dropped today. Click this link to check out the second: mrbullbull.com/newbull/micr.... Thanks once again to @thedrevlow.bsky.social for being such a terrific supporter of me and my writing.
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MrBullBull @mrbullbull.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
"Would it make its existence more relevant in a world powered by a trillion trees that died silently long before we even climbed one? Would it make its death more noble? Would we honor & worship it just because we were there to witness its fall?" @kiptain.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/micr...
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Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Join me at 2pm Eastern today as I read poetry with John Amen, Tina Barry, Tim Mayo, Francine Witte, and CL Bledsoe during the @oneart.bsky.social August Poetry Reading by going to oneartpoetry.com/readings. Hope to see you there!
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Readings
* >>> Check out recordings of past ONE ART readings on YouTube <<< * ~ Upcoming Readings ~ Save The Date(s)! If a link to tickets is not yet available– don’t worry! It…
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Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Join James Bryant and Sandra Feen for an intimate conversation with me tonight, 7:00 p.m. EDT (6:00 p.m. CDT). Plus, hear key takeaways from a live audience Q&A. Requires registration. Secure your spot for this LIVE Zoom event by clicking this link: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
So proud to have my new story “The Reflectionist” in the new issue of @rfpress.bsky.social. Here’s the opening paragraph. Click this link to read the full story: www.roifaineantpress.com/post/the-ref.... #magicalrealism
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Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Here’s the first of two new poems up today at @eunoiareview.bsky.social. Many thanks to Ian Chung for his continued support of my writing. Click here to read the second poem, “Appalachian Funeral”: eunoiareview.wordpress.com/2026/07/17/a...
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Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Here’s the opening paragraph of “Empty Plinths,” the first of three new stories up today in @newworldwriting.bsky.social. Click here to read all three stories: newworldwriting.net/kip-knott-th.... Many thanks to the editors for their continued support of my writing!
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Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Here are two photos from my 4-photo series “Urban Flags” that just dropped in the July issue of @antiheroinchic.bsky.social. Click here to view the other 2: heroinchic.weebly.com/issues.html. Many thanks to James Diaz for including my work in this terrific issue.
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Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
My new story “Shadow Factory” just dropped in the July issue of @antiheroinchic.bsky.social: heroinchic.weebly.com/issues.html. Many thanks to James Diaz for including my work in this terrific issue.
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Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Many thanks to Christopher Fields for including my poem “To a Friend Who Can’t Remember Winter” in the newest issue of @neologismpoetry.bsky.social. Click here to read it and the whole issue: www.neologismpoetry.com/June-2026/#kk
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Neologism Poetry Journal @neologismpoetry.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Issue #109 out now! Featured Poet Faye Brinsmead, supported by Spencer K.M. Brown, @nancysobanik.bsky.social, Marie Isabell Matthews-Schlinzig, Saad Kayani, @shamelesstrekkie.bsky.social, @kiptain.bsky.social, Chris Vola, @thatjeffreycat.bsky.social, Ethan Mershon, and @theoriginalison.bsky.social.
screenshot of featured poem from Issue #109.  Sonnet against 14-line boxes, by Faye Brinsmead.  Excerpt: Here I am, nine again, already unable to sleep the normal way so I experiment, an untrained musician inventing new forms. Head where my feet should be. Mid-bedspread dormouse curl. Last night, disastrously, I slid under the bed, face facing the wall, finally fell.
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Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
My photo “Red on Blue” was selected for the “Primary Colors” exhibition up now at Light Space and Time Online Art Gallery. Click here to check out the entire show: lightspacetime.art/primary-colo...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Sincere thanks to our first-rate #authors from June's #TenYears issue: @emilyrinkema.bsky.social @kiptain.bsky.social @kerryhp.bsky.social Sandra Arnold Louella Lester @nomad-sw18.bsky.social @ggaffa.bsky.social @laurabesley.bsky.social. Please follow the link to read fictivedream.com/2026/06/
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Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Congratulations to Mikki Aronoff Jo Gatford Sarah Lynn Hurd @kiptain.bsky.social for having their work selected for Wigleaf Longlist 2026. Links to their stories in Gooseberry Pie are in the post. gooseberry-pie.com/wigleaf-top-...
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Wigleaf Top 50 Longlist 2026 - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Congratulations to Mikki Aronoff, Jo Gatford, Sarah Lynn Hurd, and Kip Knott for having their work published in Gooseberry Pie Lit selected for Wigleaf’s Top 50 Longlist 2026. Linked below are their b...
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Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
So proud to have my microfiction “Detritus Diary” included in the Wigleaf Top 50 Longlist. Thank you to @jhhwriter.bsky.social for originally publishing this story in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social. Click here to read the story: gooseberry-pie.com/detritus-dia...
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Detritus Diary - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo by Edward Howell on Unsplash by Kip Knott My ex-wife’s on the phone telling me that she found my secret diary buried beneath some old towels in the linen closet. After six years, I had nothing n...
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Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Many thanks to the editors of The Dribble Drabble review for including my microfiction “Revelations” in their new issue. Check out all the dribbles and drabbles here: thedribbledrabblereview.com
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Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
I’m proud to be part of the #TenYears anniversary of @fictivedream.bsky.social on the #litmag scene. Thank you to the editors for including my story “Unplugged” in their MicroMonday series. Read the story here: fictivedream.com/2026/06/15/m.... #microfiction #MicrofictionMonday #readingcommunity.
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Microfiction #61
Unplugged by Kip Knott The day after you pulled the plug on our marriage the day before our diamond anniversary, I go through all the vinyl records we began collecting when we first moved in togeth…
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Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
“Didi planted the cockscombs—cocks’s combs?—around the lamp post, and I can confirm…” @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/cocks-comb/
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Cock's Comb - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
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Syncopation Literary Journal @syncopationlit.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
It’s here! Volume 5, Issue 2: Dreams & Fantasy is now live. Thanks to @kiptain.bsky.social for the amazing cover image. To learn more about this issue, read our Editor’s Intro here: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #literaryjournal #fiction #nonfiction #poetry #art #music
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Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Thank you to Natalie Welsh for choosing me as the featured artist in the new issue of @syncopationlit.bsky.social. Click this link to check out my essay about dreams & music, 4 of my abstract photos, & writing from all the around the world: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/cover-page-a...
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Vestal Review @vestalreview.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
An unwanted shadow. 
Read “Shadow Return,” by Kip Knott.
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James Montgomery @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
‘How, in good conscience, could anyone cut down and sell off a whole universe, even if that universe is inhabited by only one soul?’ Such an inventive PoV for a flash… @kiptain.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute 💐 ghostparachute.com/issue/june-2...
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Self-Portrait as Banksy’s Flower Thrower — Ghost Parachute
I live a two-dimensional life, and yet I have mass. I can feel the weight of the bricks and mortar at my back that hold me upright, the smoothness of the plaster that makes up the sky all around me an...
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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Read "Self-Portrait as Banksy’s Flower Thrower" written by @kiptain.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J Barr. "I can feel the weight of the bricks and mortar at my back that hold me upright, the smoothness of the plaster that makes up the sky all around me..." tinyurl.com/mude5cc5
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Self-Portrait as Banksy’s Flower Thrower — Ghost Parachute
I live a two-dimensional life, and yet I have mass. I can feel the weight of the bricks and mortar at my back that hold me upright, the smoothness of the plaster that makes up the sky all around me an...
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Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Thank you to @brettpribble.bsky.social for including my new microfiction “Self-Portrait as Banksy’s Flower Thrower” in the new issue of Ghost Parachute. And thank you to Brett J Barr for the great artwork! You can read my story and check out the entire issue here: ghostparachute.com/issue/june-2...
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June 2026 Issue — Ghost Parachute
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Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Thank you to everyone at @vestalreview.bsky.social for including my new story “Shadow Return” in Issue 68. Check out the story, and the entire issue, here: www.vestalreview.net/shadow-return
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Shadow Return — Vestal Review
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HAD @havehashad.com · 26/05/2026
today from Tom Snarsky! "*“Possible Epitaphs” is a cento that borrows lines from poems that I think would be good on a gravestone. Thanks to the sources of these lines..." www.havehashad.com/inq5u
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Possible Epitaphs* by Tom Snarsky
Could from this usefull work his cares release. 🪦 The wind is a wild wolf but be still my lovely. 🪦 Who enjoyed the grass no differently. 🪦 Feeling has departed 🪦 Beautiful, ye
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Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
“A Shadow of Myself” Shortlist – 2026 Gooseberry Pie Annual Writing Competition by @kiptain.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/a-shadow-of-...
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A Shadow of Myself - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Shortlist – 2026 Gooseberry Pie Annual Writing Competition by Kip Knott I knew the day was off to a bad start when my reflection refused to leave the hall tree mirror on my way out the door to work. I...
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Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Thank you to the wonderful editors at 101 Words for publishing my new microfiction “Echo Location.” Check them out at 101words.org. Aren’t we all just echoes of one another?
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Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
So proud to be included in this special issue of the winners, shortlisters, and longlisters of the 2026 Gooseberry Pie Annual Writing Competition. Thank you to Dan Crawley @jhhwriter.bsky.social for shortlisting my story “A Shadow of Myself.” @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social
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Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
@gooseberrypie.bsky.social special issue of the winning stories from our annual writing comp, along with the short and longlist. 40 fabulous stories in this incredible issue. 1: Kathryn Silver-Hajo 2: Louella Lester 3: Kik Lodge Five Honorable Mentions gooseberry-pie.com/special-issu...
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Special Issue 3 - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
A huge thank you to everyone who entered our third annual writing competition. We were overwhelmed by the incredible response this year, with over 400 submissions to review. It was truly an honor to r...
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HAD @havehashad.com · 11/05/2026
today from Vic Nogay! www.havehashad.com/g6rgg
May 11, 2026
For years I have taken to burying birds in my garden plots and herb boxes
Vic Nogay

so when you eat from the land I have tended and sown you will taste the steadfast wan of these thinning days, the equinox, the bluster of early winds, the spring floods, the June drought, the sweat from a laboring, solstice-taut skin sloughing, the fallen tomato, guardian marigolds, a fledgling’s bones—a mere splinter—, your soft palate scarring and softening again.
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Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
I wrote this poem for my mother during the pandemic. My mother is the one person who taught me that keeping quiet about injustices is not an option. Even now, at the age of 90, she is as vocal as ever. Happy Mother’s Day.
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Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Here’s the third of three new microfictions that dropped this past weekend in Flash Boulevard. Click this link to read the other two stories: flashboulevard.wordpress.com/2026/05/02/k.... Thank you to @francinewitte.bsky.social for taking these pieces.
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Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Here’s the second of three new microfictions that dropped yesterday in Flash Boulevard. Click this link to read the other two stories: flashboulevard.wordpress.com/2026/05/02/k... .Thank you to @francinewitte.bsky.social for taking these pieces.
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Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Here’s the first of three new microfictions that dropped today in Flash Boulevard. Thank you to @francinewitte.bsky.social for taking these pieces. Click this to read the other two stories: flashboulevard.wordpress.com/2026/05/02/k...
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