Dilys Wyndham Thomas

Account inactive due to Musk's far-right politics. British-Belgian writer and poet. Workshops @WeStrangeBirds Assistant poetry editor @PassengersPress she/her

[Dilys Wyndham Thomas @dilyswt]

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 https://t.co/AkNJ4miXHi and/or https://t.co/As5PUKBvjO

[dave lawrence 🐟🐟🐠 @dave43law]

The UK needs to wake up to what this means

[Brecht De Poortere @brecht_dp]

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!

[Brecht De Poortere @brecht_dp]

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?

[Derville Quigley @dervillequigley]

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.

[Passengers @PassengersPress]

Award season is in full swing 🤩 Congrats to all of our 2024 Pushcart Nominees!!!!

Did one of your favorites make it?? Let us know!!

[Dilys Wyndham Thomas @dilyswt]

@onmytangent Thanks!

[Dilys Wyndham Thomas @dilyswt]

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.

[Dilys Wyndham Thomas @dilyswt]

@boglepoetry Thanks so much, Tricia!

[Dilys Wyndham Thomas @dilyswt]

@DanielJBrennan_ Thank you, Daniel!

[Dilys Wyndham Thomas @dilyswt]

@bdiggswrites Thanks Barbara!

[Dilys Wyndham Thomas @dilyswt]

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

[Dilys Wyndham Thomas @dilyswt]

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!

[Passengers @PassengersPress]

It’s official. Our last and final Issue of Passengers Journal is live.

To our readers, staff, and contributors: your endless love and support for our mission means more to us than you could ever imagine. Thank you 🖤

Happy reading and listening 🤍: https://t.co/GvuC9AOGzV

[Dilys Wyndham Thomas @dilyswt]

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

[Dr. Nicole LePera @Theholisticpsyc]

The parentified daughter becoming the adult with an autoimmune disease is a missing link in health. A lifetime of carrying everyone else’s burdens will always show up in the body.

[Dilys Wyndham Thomas @dilyswt]

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

[Dilys Wyndham Thomas @dilyswt]

@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.

[Elena Sichrovsky @ESichr]

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

[Jenny Mitchell @JennyMitchellGo]

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? 🚦

[Dilys Wyndham Thomas @dilyswt]

@mukundgnanades1 @Passionfruitlit Thank you so much, Mukund!

[Dilys Wyndham Thomas @dilyswt]

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.)

[The Passionfruit Review @Passionfruitlit]

'Still Lives' by Dilys Wyndham Thomas

(Artwork by Shannon Wallace)