Timothy Tarkelly
@timothytarkelly.bsky.social
Kansas Romance author, poet, and teacher.
Buy my latest book, One Night in Prague and all the rest here: linktr.ee/tarkellyt
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Buy my latest book, One Night in Prague and all the rest here: linktr.ee/tarkellyt
He/him
Got a new poem up over at Fixator Press! Check it out fixatorpress.home.blog/2025/12/02/w...
WISTFUL HIGHBALL by Timothy Tarkelly
WISTFUL HIGHBALL I’m pretending I’m not Truman Capoteas I daydream of murders here in Kansas,and how it would feel to use words like “genre” and “Harper”at classy parties with cocktails…
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December 3, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Got a new poem up over at Fixator Press! Check it out fixatorpress.home.blog/2025/12/02/w...
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone except Bret Easton Ellis!
November 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone except Bret Easton Ellis!
This app is pointless.
November 19, 2025 at 3:13 AM
This app is pointless.
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September 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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sorry i oscillated between vanity and self-loathing it will happen again
November 13, 2025 at 4:43 AM
sorry i oscillated between vanity and self-loathing it will happen again
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David Smith / Hudson River Landscape, 1951
as a young art student I had a wonderful teacher who introduced me to the sculptures and drawings of Smith
as a young art student I had a wonderful teacher who introduced me to the sculptures and drawings of Smith
November 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
David Smith / Hudson River Landscape, 1951
as a young art student I had a wonderful teacher who introduced me to the sculptures and drawings of Smith
as a young art student I had a wonderful teacher who introduced me to the sculptures and drawings of Smith
Once a week, I co-teach an AP lit class to teach them about poetry. A girl was being very short and kind of rude today, so I politely asked if everything is okay, and she legitimately hates poetry so much that it makes her angry. I make her angry because of the poems, and anyway I feel sad now.
November 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Once a week, I co-teach an AP lit class to teach them about poetry. A girl was being very short and kind of rude today, so I politely asked if everything is okay, and she legitimately hates poetry so much that it makes her angry. I make her angry because of the poems, and anyway I feel sad now.
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Man answering his phone outside Reading Station: It’s too late, I’m on the train.
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Man answering his phone outside Reading Station: It’s too late, I’m on the train.
I often think about getting a PHD just so I can be around people who like to read the kind of books I like.
November 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I often think about getting a PHD just so I can be around people who like to read the kind of books I like.
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In 1996, David Foster Wallace tried to explain how technology could destroy us. No one paid attention. But he was right, writes Ted Gioia for The Free Press.
Things Worth Remembering: How to Save All the Lonely People
In 1996, David Foster Wallace tried to explain how technology could destroy us. No one paid attention. But he was right, writes Ted Gioia for The Free Press.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
In 1996, David Foster Wallace tried to explain how technology could destroy us. No one paid attention. But he was right, writes Ted Gioia for The Free Press.
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No Kings by Timothy Tarkelly
He torched the trees
And hoped to singe the sky
Anything to starve the soil
Make it groan his name
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Read the rest of the poem at riseupreview.org/timothy-tarkelly
He torched the trees
And hoped to singe the sky
Anything to starve the soil
Make it groan his name
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Read the rest of the poem at riseupreview.org/timothy-tarkelly
May 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
No Kings by Timothy Tarkelly
He torched the trees
And hoped to singe the sky
Anything to starve the soil
Make it groan his name
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Read the rest of the poem at riseupreview.org/timothy-tarkelly
He torched the trees
And hoped to singe the sky
Anything to starve the soil
Make it groan his name
---
Read the rest of the poem at riseupreview.org/timothy-tarkelly
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In this month's Quakers Today podcast, join Timothy Tarkelly as he connects nature's stillness to worship & explores the morality of hunting. PLUS: Inspiring stories from Erin Wilson and Mark Russ on LGBTQ identity and Quaker-Christian intersections.
Quaker Podcast - Podcast Exploring Quaker Life & Religious Beliefs
Quakers Today, hosted by Peterson Toscano, features writers, musicians, and thinkers who are seeking wisdom and understanding in a rapidly changing world.
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August 15, 2023 at 4:57 PM
In this month's Quakers Today podcast, join Timothy Tarkelly as he connects nature's stillness to worship & explores the morality of hunting. PLUS: Inspiring stories from Erin Wilson and Mark Russ on LGBTQ identity and Quaker-Christian intersections.
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The world may be quite turbulent at the moment, but we can all take at least some solace in the fact that bookstores exist.
November 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The world may be quite turbulent at the moment, but we can all take at least some solace in the fact that bookstores exist.
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Saw an article about someone "redefining what it means to be a pop-star." And just all the comments from people being like "who?" "never heard of her?" and it's just folks, we're in our 40s, just accept we won't know a lot of these people and that doesn't mean "music is dead." We're just old...
November 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Saw an article about someone "redefining what it means to be a pop-star." And just all the comments from people being like "who?" "never heard of her?" and it's just folks, we're in our 40s, just accept we won't know a lot of these people and that doesn't mean "music is dead." We're just old...
A couple years ago, Stripes Lit Mag published my chapbook Ode to the Class of 2024, a short collection of poems about being a teacher.
You can check it out here: stripesliterarymagazine.weebly.com/uploads/1/4/...
You can check it out here: stripesliterarymagazine.weebly.com/uploads/1/4/...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
A couple years ago, Stripes Lit Mag published my chapbook Ode to the Class of 2024, a short collection of poems about being a teacher.
You can check it out here: stripesliterarymagazine.weebly.com/uploads/1/4/...
You can check it out here: stripesliterarymagazine.weebly.com/uploads/1/4/...
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SUBS OPEN NOW THRU NOV. 22! We want stories that detail life at the bottom or at the margins of human society. Make it sad. Make it dark. Make it the tiniest bit hopeful. More info here: bit.ly/4onmEBw
November 3, 2025 at 2:13 AM
SUBS OPEN NOW THRU NOV. 22! We want stories that detail life at the bottom or at the margins of human society. Make it sad. Make it dark. Make it the tiniest bit hopeful. More info here: bit.ly/4onmEBw
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Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
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Protect your joy.
October 29, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Protect your joy.
My new story just dropped!
Detective Tom Flannery lost his job for a crime he never committed. Now, he is being forced to solve a murder by the same people who framed him.
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#noir #crimefiction #detective
Detective Tom Flannery lost his job for a crime he never committed. Now, he is being forced to solve a murder by the same people who framed him.
theyardcrimeblog.com/2025/10/28/a...
#noir #crimefiction #detective
All In A Night's Work - The Yard: Crime Blog
A former detective gets pushed into doing a job for some unsavory characters.
theyardcrimeblog.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
My new story just dropped!
Detective Tom Flannery lost his job for a crime he never committed. Now, he is being forced to solve a murder by the same people who framed him.
theyardcrimeblog.com/2025/10/28/a...
#noir #crimefiction #detective
Detective Tom Flannery lost his job for a crime he never committed. Now, he is being forced to solve a murder by the same people who framed him.
theyardcrimeblog.com/2025/10/28/a...
#noir #crimefiction #detective
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I'm excited to announce my upcoming book from @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social
Kezia is a short collection of narrative poems about lovesick vagabonds, vengeful viking women, and medieval warriors in desperate need of humility.
The book drops in August!
Kezia is a short collection of narrative poems about lovesick vagabonds, vengeful viking women, and medieval warriors in desperate need of humility.
The book drops in August!
July 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I'm excited to announce my upcoming book from @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social
Kezia is a short collection of narrative poems about lovesick vagabonds, vengeful viking women, and medieval warriors in desperate need of humility.
The book drops in August!
Kezia is a short collection of narrative poems about lovesick vagabonds, vengeful viking women, and medieval warriors in desperate need of humility.
The book drops in August!
The AP Lit kids at my school do a March Madness poetry bracket every year with 16 poems.
This year "Daddy" by Sylvia Plath took first, and "The Ultrasound Shows Me an Empty Sack" by @stemkay.bsky.social took a strong second.
This year "Daddy" by Sylvia Plath took first, and "The Ultrasound Shows Me an Empty Sack" by @stemkay.bsky.social took a strong second.
April 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The AP Lit kids at my school do a March Madness poetry bracket every year with 16 poems.
This year "Daddy" by Sylvia Plath took first, and "The Ultrasound Shows Me an Empty Sack" by @stemkay.bsky.social took a strong second.
This year "Daddy" by Sylvia Plath took first, and "The Ultrasound Shows Me an Empty Sack" by @stemkay.bsky.social took a strong second.
Super pumped to have my work featured as the Poem of the Week at BeatLife!!!
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Poem of the Week By Timothy Tarkelly – BeatLife
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February 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Super pumped to have my work featured as the Poem of the Week at BeatLife!!!
beatlife.org/poem-of-the-...
beatlife.org/poem-of-the-...
Check out my poem "Delaware" in the newest issue of Streetcake Magazine!
Our new issue is now live, featuring some fabulous work!
Please read it and share it far and wide!
👉https://www.streetcakemagazine.com/issue.html
#LitMags #ExperimentalWriting
Image: Stephanie Ivanova
Please read it and share it far and wide!
👉https://www.streetcakemagazine.com/issue.html
#LitMags #ExperimentalWriting
Image: Stephanie Ivanova
January 31, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Check out my poem "Delaware" in the newest issue of Streetcake Magazine!