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.
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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.
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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
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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Well, now I’m crying at the library and this is your fault, Emmy!
(It’s such a beautiful poem <3)
Found by poetry editor Richard Jordon. Enjoy.
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.
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
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:
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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.
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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:
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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.
Happy Hanukkah & Merry Christmas from all of us at Thimble.
Found by associate poetry editor Richard Jordan
May Sarton, “Christmas Light”, from the December, 1987 issue of Poetry
no offense to Kendrick Lamar but the best diss track of all time is still “You’re a Mean One Mr Grinch”
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.
Graphic design is my passion. Link in comments
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interrupt my belief with
doubt and
interrupt my doubt with belief.”
-- Denise Levertov
Today's poem is "Howe Farm Dog Park, December"
by Lana Hechtman Ayers
from The Autobiography of Rain
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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”
Wow! This is lovely. Thanks to all who voted for us!
Thank you <3
