Dilys Wyndham Thomas

I'll mostly be hanging out on Instagram and Bluesky from now on. I love this creative, supportive literary corner of the Twitterverse, just not Twitter as a whole. You can follow me on bsky.app/profile/dilys.… and/or instagram.com/dilys.wt

The UK needs to wake up to what this means

Congrats to all included in Best Microfiction '26! Below are the journals with more than 1 mention. Special congrats to Pictura Journal, @OneArtPoetry1, Hot Flash Literary, RAWHEAD, @wildroofjournal, @101words, @HooghlyReview who will now be included in my ranking next year!

The thing with writing is that, no matter your publications so far, with each piece you start all over with a blank page and the exact same doubts: will anyone actually like / want to read this?

Delighted to be part of Poetry in the Park. Such a wonderful idea. If you're Cork in the next month, see if you can spot some verse. I hear Gerry O' Sullivan Park might be a good spot 😉🌳. Big thanks to @HowlWriting and @poetryireland for making this happen.

Award season is in full swing 🤩 Congrats to all of our 2024 Pushcart Nominees!!!! Did one of your favorites make it?? Let us know!!

@onmytangent Thanks!

@dilyswt Congrats!

Thank you so much to the editors at #Rust+Moth, not only for publishing "Elegy" in their 2024 spring issue, but also for nominating it for a #pushcart prize. I'm deeply touched and honoured, and I'll be crossing my fingers and toes for all the nominated poets.

@boglepoetry Thanks so much, Tricia!

@dilyswt Beautiful poem. Congratulations on a very deserved nomination.

@DanielJBrennan_ Thank you, Daniel!

@dilyswt So deserved, this poem is absolutely brilliant and gut-wrenching. So proud of you 💕💕💕

@bdiggswrites Thanks Barbara!

@dilyswt Congrats Dilys!

@AMLeahy @PassengersPress Thank you so much for sending us your poems, and for your kind words, Anna.

I owe a huge debt of gratitude to everyone at @PassengersPress. I was a very green poet with only a couple of published poems under my belt when they took me on as a reader. Goodbyes are always bittersweet, but happy pub day and thank you to everyone in the winter issue!

Felt this in my bones. And hypo thyroid. And vitiligo patches.

@Avidbookjunkie Who knows, you might start writing for the joy of it, and end up with a published book.

@Avidbookjunkie Only a minute number of books get published. Finishing a book is an accomplishment in itself. You can run without winning races, play guitar but not be in a band, cook without working as a chef. Write for yourself, because you love it. You might just surprise yourself.

I would love to write a book but I know there's no chance of doing that. I have great ideas, but I don't think I'd be able to put them on paper. I'm not the most intelligent person, so I would probably embarrass myself if I tried.

my first ever pushcart nomination!! thank you so much @RadonJournal for championing my work

Is anyone else writing poems with absolutely no assurance they will ever be read or wanted? Could we give each other a shout out here just to say there's a road ahead? 🚦

@mukundgnanades1 @Passionfruitlit Thank you so much, Mukund!

@dilyswt @Passionfruitlit Beautiful, poignant.

Thank you again to the lovely folks @Passionfruitlit for publishing, "still lives," my first reverse/palindrome poem! Note: it has a ramp-on title, so please read "still lives" as the first line of the poem (and since it's a palindrome, also as the last line.)