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thimblelitmag.bsky.social @thimblelitmag.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Long time no post! I keep trying to be consistent here and make it work for us, but uhhhhhhh guess I was too busy getting us into public libraries and a poem we published into the Pushcart anthology ;-). Anyways, we’re open for subs thru the end of June. www.thimblelitmag.com/submissions/
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thimblelitmag.bsky.social @thimblelitmag.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
The moon is broken, and the sky is cracked. But we can still make something beautiful, together. Come on up to the house. <3 New Thimble issue just dropped. Big thanks to our volunteer staff, readers, and contributors. www.thimblelitmag.com thimblelitmag.square.site/product/thim...
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thimblelitmag.bsky.social @thimblelitmag.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Coming soon www.thimblelitmag.com/revista-lite...
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thimblelitmag.bsky.social @thimblelitmag.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Haven't been too active here lately. It's a lot to keep up with. Our insta run by Kathryn Haney is where it's at, tbh. (www.instagram.com/thimblelitmag/). How do y'all make BlueSky *work* for you? Is it just a matter of putting in the time? Or are there some secret hacks you could let me in on? xox
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thimblelitmag.bsky.social @thimblelitmag.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
What poetry wins have you gotten recently? Please brag on yourself! I (Nadia) got some rejection letters, but I’m proud of myself for trying. Still a win in my book.
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thimblelitmag.bsky.social @thimblelitmag.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
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thimblelitmag.bsky.social @thimblelitmag.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
We're open! Online / print / no fee / no payment / poetry / art / short prose www.thimblelitmag.com/submissions/
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thimblelitmag.bsky.social @thimblelitmag.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Found by poetry editor Richard Jordon. Enjoy.
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david ehrlich @davidehrlich.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
David Lynch gave us the language we needed to better articulate the indescribable strangeness of our shared reality. “Lynchian” is so overused because it’s a viscerally understandable word without any known synonyms. I can’t imagine a more beautiful artistic legacy than that.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 17/01/2025
Live your life so that when you die, some joyless schmuck is annoyed that his entire social media feed is a wall of people's posts talking about how much you and your work meant to them
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Black Lawrence Press @blacklawrence.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
In keeping with our commitment to being a clear and consistent home for immigrant writing, we are proud to announce The Black Lawrence Fellowship for New Immigrant Authors: blacklawrencepress.submittable.com/submit/30130...
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thimblelitmag.bsky.social @thimblelitmag.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
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thimblelitmag.bsky.social @thimblelitmag.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
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thimblelitmag.bsky.social @thimblelitmag.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Did you get a chance to read Thimble’s latest? I’m so proud of what *we’ve* built. I wanted to build something beautiful together. And we did. www.thimblelitmag.com
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thimblelitmag.bsky.social @thimblelitmag.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Zoom. Jan 18. 10:30 AM EST. Suggested $10 donation, but no one turned away. Thimble’s sm maven is whipping up something better, but in the meantime, graphic design is my passion, so I knocked it out of the park. See you there? We’re making poems that are like: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Rebekah is Pro-Choice @rebekahwriter.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
A poem from Kaitlin Shelter Poetry, dated January 12, 2020

sometimes I wonder
if Mary breastfed Jesus.
if she cried out when he bit her
or if she sobbed when he would not latch.

and sometimes I wonder
if this is all too vulgar
to ask in a church
full of men
without milk stains on their shirts
or coconut oil on their breasts
preaching from pulpits off limits to the Mother of God.

but then i think of feeding Jesus,
birthing Jesus,
the expulsion of blood
and smell of sweat,
the salt of a mother’s tears
onto the soft head of the Salt of the Earth,
feeling lonely
and tired
hungry
annoyed
overwhelmed
loving 

and i think,
if the vulgarity of birth is not
honestly preached
by men who carry power but not burden,
who carry privilege but not labor,
who carry authority but not submission,
then it should not be preached at all. 

because the real scandal of the Birth of God
lies in the cracked nipples of a
14 year old
and not in the sermons of ministers
who say women
are too delicate
to lead.
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thimblelitmag.bsky.social @thimblelitmag.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Happy Hanukkah & Merry Christmas from all of us at Thimble.
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thimblelitmag.bsky.social @thimblelitmag.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Found by associate poetry editor Richard Jordan May Sarton, “Christmas Light”, from the December, 1987 issue of Poetry
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amy brown @amybrown.xyz · 23/12/2024
no offense to Kendrick Lamar but the best diss track of all time is still “You’re a Mean One Mr Grinch”
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Aaron McCall @aaronmccall.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
I’m also the product of Star Trek, Sesame Street, and Muppet Movies. I think we can do anything with hard work, dreaming just a little bigger and maybe singing along the way.
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thimblelitmag.bsky.social @thimblelitmag.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Graphic design is my passion. Link in comments
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Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
YOUR FAVORITE FICTION LITMAGS OF 2024 From 1827 nominations for 257 magazines, here is who our community has named the Best FICTION Lit Mags of 2024!!! ⬇️ Their details & how to send them your work www.chillsubs.com/lists/commun...
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Stone Circle Review @stonecirclereview.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
“I believe and interrupt my belief with doubt and interrupt my doubt with belief.” -- Denise Levertov
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Verse Daily @versedaily.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Today's poem is "Howe Farm Dog Park, December" by Lana Hechtman Ayers from The Autobiography of Rain Want to support Verse Daily? Subscribe to our substack. www.versedaily.org/2024/howefar...
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thimblelitmag.bsky.social @thimblelitmag.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Our associate poetry editor, Richard Jordan, posts great poetry often. I've read Giovanni before, of course, but not this one. What a legacy. Nikki Giovanni, “Knoxville, Tennessee”
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Whale Road Review @whaleroadreview.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Wow! This is lovely. Thanks to all who voted for us!
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thimblelitmag.bsky.social @thimblelitmag.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
If you have a first or second book coming out between July 2025 and June 2026. (Not affiliated, not applying; my book doesn't fall between those dates.) www.pw.org/content/get_...
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Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.social · 18/12/2023
Four paintings by Kay Sage (1898-1963).
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thimblelitmag.bsky.social @thimblelitmag.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
A workshop to raise funds for Thimble. forms.gle/iFZeYSdSZgNS... How to write Dynamos, a fun, easy form of poetry relying on repetition, humor, and pop culture references. Jan 18 at 10:30 AM EST Zoom Usually $5K*, but today we're asking the suggested donation of $10; no one turned away. *jk lol
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thimblelitmag.bsky.social @thimblelitmag.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
www.patreon.com/thimblelitma... A great way to get a subscription is to join at our $4/month tier and receive four gorgeous print editions a year. And at $10/month you get that + a yearly broadside. Even $1/month is gets you our 8 x year newsletter, featuring interviews with our contributors.
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thimblelitmag.bsky.social @thimblelitmag.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
I wanted to our Pushcart nominees' work. Sometimes, I know right away. There's much to admire in this poem. How she captures something so complex as family legacy so rapidly. The line-break after "choking." Is she breaking a line, or is she breaking your heart?
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thimblelitmag.bsky.social @thimblelitmag.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
li'l fundraising post for a li'l magazine. full explanation: www.facebook.com/share/p/PPgB... just the donate button: thimblelitmag.square.site/product/dona...
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thimblelitmag.bsky.social @thimblelitmag.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Who is the Bob Ross of poetry?
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thimblelitmag.bsky.social @thimblelitmag.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
so where are all the fellow indie lit mags at?
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thimblelitmag.bsky.social @thimblelitmag.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
thanks for being here <3
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