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Kimberly Gibson-Tran

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Reader, poet, essayist, reviewer, cat person, Trekkie, ไทย speaker, book clubber, linguist, Texan/Floridian, missionary kid, she/they https://www.chillsubs.com/user/kdawngibson https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/kimberly_gibsontran

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Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · 9d

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

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Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · 3d

A milestone! 200 rejection letters so far this year! Celebrating does help! 🎉

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Stone Circle Review @stonecirclereview.bsky.social · 4d

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."

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Coffee House Press @coffeehousepress.bsky.social · 7d

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Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · 9d

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

Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · 15d

Feeling it’s about time for my 30th re-watch. #PrideandPrejudice #Godhasbeenverygoodtous

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AHHH! real meghan!! 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 19d

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

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Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · 21d

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...

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Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · Sep 8

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...

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Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · Sep 6

Wohoo! A poem accepted today after a dry spell of many weeks and some 30 rejection letters!

Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · Sep 6

My “Orbital Story” published by Opol opol.space/@kimberly-gi...

Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · Aug 29

Many thanks to Ghudsavar Literary Magazine for giving a home to my poem “Today Smelled Like My Childhood.” www.ghudsavar.com/poem-pages/7... 🌾

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Jay @duniagamemaster.bsky.social · Aug 25

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!

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Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · Aug 22

My weird little poem now out in @memezine.bsky.social 💙

MEMEZINE @memezine.bsky.social · Aug 22

🚨 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”

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Hole In The Head Review @holeinthehead.bsky.social · Aug 20

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.

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Hole In The Head Review @holeinthehead.bsky.social · Aug 15

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)".

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Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · Aug 15

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...

Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · Aug 12

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.

Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · Aug 10

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...

Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · Aug 7

@whaleroadreview.bsky.social Do you get a lot of poems about whales in submissions? If so, does this bother you? Asking for a friend 😅🐳

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Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · Aug 5

Enjoyed your poems in this Rattlecast episode. The moose in a hoodie was referenced by others later on the promptlines open mic that followed.

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Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · Aug 1

Just found out @aquietroot.bsky.social featured my poem in May! 💕

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Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · Jul 24

Just read Keetje Kuipers’ collection with my poetry book club. My GR book review:

Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · Jul 24

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Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · Jul 16

My poems “Night-fires” and “Cinderella’s Hands” were just published by Arcturus Magazine. The former is about a dream set in my childhood home in Chiang Klang, Thailand. The latter is in memory of my Nana. Read them here: arcturusmag.com/2025/07/15/t...

Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · Jul 14

Thrilled to see my 2nd ever published villanelle in this year’s spring issue of Reed Magazine. Also, this is, hands down, the most beautifully designed and printed lit mag 😍 @reedmagazine.bsky.social