Issue Reader – Vol. 4 No. 1
The Thimble Literature Journal is based on the belief that poetry is like armor. Like a thimble, it may be small and seem insignificant, but it will protect us when we are most vulnerable.
Vol. 4 No. 1
Summer 2021
My Life as a BoyEditor's Note
Turtles at the Convention Center
Namaste
In Her Bones
Mary
Glioblastoma Facts
The Duplicitous Gate
A Drunken Juanita
Night Swimming
It's Only Life
Salmon
Poem for Hugo in His Second Year
The Measure of Success
Sentry (for my Mike Nguyen)
Grief Brushes in a New Year
The Target
Freshwater Mollusk Shell 1
Scratched Vinyl
Peel
Message
Freshwater Mollusk 2
Love
The Hummingbird Café
On Mary Oliver
Fifty-Two Days of Darkness
Freshwater Mollusk Shell 3
Jesus’ Miracles Mystery Scratch n’ Reveal Cards—$9.49
Your Heart and Ocean Vuong in Cobble Hill
Neighbor
Freshwater Oyster Shell
The Procession
The Field
Freshwater Pea Clam Shell
Davening Test
Self-Portrait as Copyist
Carnal
Killing the Fish
Love Story No. 1
A Barefoot Child
The Hare I Miss
Rainbow Seekers
In a Cartoon Backpack
No Middle
Emily as I Consider the Audience
Discovering Your Insignificance
Middle America
Legs and Pits
Hot Stuff
Turkey Bend (Is That the Big Dipper?)
Memory
It Is No Secret
Complaints about God
Dead Dog Love Story
The Beauty of Evacuated Form