Kimberly Gibson-Tran
@kdawn999.bsky.social
Reader, poet, essayist, reviewer, cat person, Trekkie, ไทย speaker, book clubber, linguist, Texan/Floridian, missionary kid, she/they
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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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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...
Reposted by Kimberly Gibson-Tran
lol lost it at “peer review deez nuts”
"I suppose you’ve come to say you’re sorry? I hope so, given your years of sneering and hand-wringing about how I was ruining knowledge. Meanwhile, you turned your information environment into a hypercapitalist post-truth digital snuff film."
Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology
“Wikipedia, the constantly changing knowledge base created by a global free-for-all of anonymous users, now stands as the leading force for the dum...
buff.ly
October 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
lol lost it at “peer review deez nuts”
My first time as a prize finalist! 🎉💕
Announcing Rowayat’s 2025 Poetry Contest Shortlist!
Aida Bardissi – Recipe for عيش بلدي
Haseeb Sultan – the soil under our house was once the Indus
Kimberly Gibson-Tran – Imago Dei
Paul Potts – i have
Ruaa Hassouna*, tr. Alice S. Yousef* – Untitled
Winner to be announced Oct 31 🎉
Aida Bardissi – Recipe for عيش بلدي
Haseeb Sultan – the soil under our house was once the Indus
Kimberly Gibson-Tran – Imago Dei
Paul Potts – i have
Ruaa Hassouna*, tr. Alice S. Yousef* – Untitled
Winner to be announced Oct 31 🎉
October 23, 2025 at 4:50 AM
My first time as a prize finalist! 🎉💕
I have another concrete poem out in Midway Journal! You can read “Holes” here: midwayjournal.com/holes/
October 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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...
October 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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! 🎉
October 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
A milestone! 200 rejection letters so far this year! Celebrating does help! 🎉
Reposted by Kimberly Gibson-Tran
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
"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
October 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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
"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
Reposted by Kimberly Gibson-Tran
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...
Five Poets Recite (Abel Saldaña, Diana Athena, Jason Palomino, Kimberly Gibson-Tran, John Grey)
Podcast Episode · Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast · 09/29/2025 · 14m
podcasts.apple.com
September 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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...
Feeling it’s about time for my 30th re-watch. #PrideandPrejudice #Godhasbeenverygoodtous
September 23, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Feeling it’s about time for my 30th re-watch. #PrideandPrejudice #Godhasbeenverygoodtous
Reposted by Kimberly Gibson-Tran
sex is cool but have you ever dated someone who always wants to spend exactly the same amount of time as you in a museum
September 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
sex is cool but have you ever dated someone who always wants to spend exactly the same amount of time as you in a museum
Just had to write about Belly in my 30-30 fundraiser poem today for @tupelopress.bsky.social Title is “When was the summer I turned pretty?” #thesummeriturnedpretty
Donate here: tupelopress.networkforgood.com/projects/258...
Donate here: tupelopress.networkforgood.com/projects/258...
September 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Just had to write about Belly in my 30-30 fundraiser poem today for @tupelopress.bsky.social Title is “When was the summer I turned pretty?” #thesummeriturnedpretty
Donate here: tupelopress.networkforgood.com/projects/258...
Donate here: tupelopress.networkforgood.com/projects/258...
Day 8 of @tupelopress.bsky.social’s 30/30 fundraiser. Right—a new poem posted each day. I’ve written about Thai Soaps, Bob Ross, Fanny Price, Missionaries, golf, ex profs, Luigi Mangione, & Titanic.
Read: www.tupelopress.org/30-30-projec...
Donate: tupelopress.networkforgood.com/projects/258...
Read: www.tupelopress.org/30-30-projec...
Donate: tupelopress.networkforgood.com/projects/258...
September 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Day 8 of @tupelopress.bsky.social’s 30/30 fundraiser. Right—a new poem posted each day. I’ve written about Thai Soaps, Bob Ross, Fanny Price, Missionaries, golf, ex profs, Luigi Mangione, & Titanic.
Read: www.tupelopress.org/30-30-projec...
Donate: tupelopress.networkforgood.com/projects/258...
Read: www.tupelopress.org/30-30-projec...
Donate: tupelopress.networkforgood.com/projects/258...
Wohoo! A poem accepted today after a dry spell of many weeks and some 30 rejection letters!
September 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Wohoo! A poem accepted today after a dry spell of many weeks and some 30 rejection letters!
My “Orbital Story” published by Opol opol.space/@kimberly-gi...
September 6, 2025 at 5:38 AM
My “Orbital Story” published by Opol opol.space/@kimberly-gi...
Many thanks to Ghudsavar Literary Magazine for giving a home to my poem “Today Smelled Like My Childhood.” www.ghudsavar.com/poem-pages/7... 🌾
7 Kimberly Gibson-Tran | Ghudsavar Literary Magazine
www.ghudsavar.com
August 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Many thanks to Ghudsavar Literary Magazine for giving a home to my poem “Today Smelled Like My Childhood.” www.ghudsavar.com/poem-pages/7... 🌾
Reposted by Kimberly Gibson-Tran
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!
August 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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!
My weird little poem now out in @memezine.bsky.social 💙
🚨 NEW FEATURE 🚨 “DEATH WISH BEGINNING AND ENDING WITH LINES SPOKEN IN TIKTOKS” by @kdawn999.bsky.social has been delivered straight to your algorithm. Read here: www.memezinelit.com/featured2025...
"Death Wish Beginning and Ending with Lines Spoken in TikToks" by Kimberly Gibson-Tran — MEMEZINE
“Death Wish Beginning and Ending with Lines Spoken in TikToks”
www.memezinelit.com
August 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
My weird little poem now out in @memezine.bsky.social 💙
Reposted by Kimberly Gibson-Tran
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.
Kimberly Gibson-Tran's (@kdawn999.bsky.social) writing appears in The Bombay Literary Magazine, Baltimore Review, Passages North, Porter House, Third Coast, and elsewhere.
August 20, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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.
Kimberly Gibson-Tran's (@kdawn999.bsky.social) writing appears in The Bombay Literary Magazine, Baltimore Review, Passages North, Porter House, Third Coast, and elsewhere.
Reposted by Kimberly Gibson-Tran
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)".
Here's a sampling from Shagufta Mulla's "I Am That I Am (Exodus 3:14)".
August 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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)".
Here's a sampling from Shagufta Mulla's "I Am That I Am (Exodus 3:14)".
See my poem “Crossing I-75” in the Fall 2025 issue of @holeinthehead.bsky.social
I don’t usually write political poems, but man, these times. www.holeintheheadreview.com/post/kimberl...
I don’t usually write political poems, but man, these times. www.holeintheheadreview.com/post/kimberl...
August 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
See my poem “Crossing I-75” in the Fall 2025 issue of @holeinthehead.bsky.social
I don’t usually write political poems, but man, these times. www.holeintheheadreview.com/post/kimberl...
I don’t usually write political poems, but man, these times. www.holeintheheadreview.com/post/kimberl...
Made it to 150 magazine rejections this year so far. Trying to keep my chin up, but I have been having a dry spell for many weeks.
August 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Made it to 150 magazine rejections this year so far. Trying to keep my chin up, but I have been having a dry spell for many weeks.
I’ve got a new poem just out in Clayjar Review’s “Rooted” issue. Read my poem “Home, a History” here: clayjar.review/issues/roote...
August 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I’ve got a new poem just out in Clayjar Review’s “Rooted” issue. Read my poem “Home, a History” here: clayjar.review/issues/roote...
@whaleroadreview.bsky.social Do you get a lot of poems about whales in submissions? If so, does this bother you? Asking for a friend 😅🐳
August 7, 2025 at 1:13 AM
@whaleroadreview.bsky.social Do you get a lot of poems about whales in submissions? If so, does this bother you? Asking for a friend 😅🐳
August 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM