Abbie Kiefer SELECTED POEMS
Abbie Kiefer SELECTED POEMS
ASSISTANCE
Ploughshares
TWELVE-AND-A-HALF STANZAS ON THE DESIRE FOR CONTROL
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AT 42, I'M STILL DREAMING
Prairie Schooner
DUPLEX WITH RASPBERRIES
Third Coast
GEESE IN FLIGHT, OIL ON CANVAS, RESTWELL MOTOR INN ROOM 12 WITH ONE-WAY U-HAUL PARKED OUTSIDE
The Offing
WHEN CAN WE GO BACK
matchbook
I'M TIRED OF WRITING ALL THESE SAD, SAD POEMS
Lake Effect
BETTER HOME, BETTER GARDENS
PLAYING SUPER MARIO 2 WITH MY KID ON MY OLD NINTENDO
Electric Lit
IT'S JUNE NOW
The Cortland Review
A BRIEF HISTORY OF AGRICULTURE IN AROOSTOOK COUNTY
Ploughshares
ON BEWITCHED, THEY RECAST GLADYS KRAVITZ
The Southern Review, with audio
IN BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES, DR. ANTTI REVONSUO SAYS WE CANNOT CONCLUDE, BASED ON EXISTING EVIDENCE, THAT DREAMS HELP US SOLVE EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS
Copper Nickel
MY MASSAGE THERAPIST ASKS IF THE PRESSURE'S TOO MUCH
Gulf Coast
MY HUNDRED-YEAR FLOOD
The Missouri Review
COOP WITH BUFF ORPINGTONS
HELIOTROPISM
New Letters
ON CHEERS, DIANE HAS PURSUED GRADUATE DEGREES IN 37 DISCIPLINES
Pleiades
PARING KNIFE WITH RIPE FRUIT
Shenandoah
HOW I WORE IT
ON M*A*S*H, HAWKEYE GETS MAIL FROM CRABAPPLE COVE
West Branch
ON GARDENER'S WORLD, MONTY DON LEAVES THE POND PLANTS UNTRIMMED IN DEFERENCE TO THE TADPOLES
The Journal
ON THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF, LEMON ICE CREAM MELTS FROM THE SPRINGFORM
ON HOUSE HUNTERS, THE BUYERS ALWAYS INSIST THEY'LL NEED SPACE FOR ENTERTAINING
Salamander
KEEPING A HOME
The Account
I'VE LEARNED TO ACCEPT
Bracken
HOW AMYTIS SPENDS HER DAYS
Birdcoat Quarterly
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
Sugar House Review
HE ASKS WHY THEY DIDN'T JUST USE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AT MOUNT ST. HELENS
Boulevard
SELF-PORTRAIT AS THE SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT IN THE VACANT FIRST TRUST
Tupelo Quarterly
GROWING SEASON WITH LOSSES
The Shore
A BRIEF HISTORY OF MAINE INDUSTRY
WE GET THE NEWS AND GATHER
Meetinghouse
Reprinted on Verse Daily
EYE EXAM NEARING MID-LIFE
Poetry Northwest
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SISTERS OF MERCY IN PORTLAND, MAINE
Southern Indiana Review
A BRIEF HISTORY OF EMPLOYMENT
RHINO
A BRIEF HISTORY OF YANKEE THRIFT, YANKEE INGENUITY, AND YANKEE WORK ETHIC
Sixth Finch
GIVEN
Pedestal
IN PRAISE OF MINOR
Tinderbox Poetry Journal
Finalist for the Brett Elizabeth Jenkins Poetry Prize and recorded for Poems From Here on Maine Public Radio and reprinted in the Portland Press Herald
TRADING IN AT RAY DIAMOND FORD
WHAT I KNOW
Ninth Letter
THEY'RE BUILDING A ROCKET THAT WILL FLY ITSELF
The Boiler
KARATE CLASS
WE VOTE TO BUILD A NEW SCHOOL AND I CRY
Grist: A Journal of the Literary Arts
A HISTORY OF WORK
Cave Wall
WHILE HE WORKS, THE ELECTRICIAN CHATS
The Maine Review
MY DENTIST DETECTS OCCLUSAL LOSS
Frontier Poetry
ON ANTIQUES ROADSHOW, A QUILT MIGHT BRING $600 AT AUCTION
Split Lip
ON ANNE OF GREEN GABLES, MATTHEW COLLAPSES IN THE PASTURE
Ruminate
THE LOVE RIDGE LOOP
Nashville Review
Selected by Kwame Dawes for American Life in Poetry
REVITALIZATION PROJECT: LEVINE'S CLOTHING
One (Jacar Press)
MY FRIEND TELLS ME ABOUT THE LAST DAY AT THE BASS SHOE FACTORY
Arts & Letters
Nominated for Best New Poets and reprinted in the Portland Press Herald
E.A. ROBINSON LEAVES BY RAIL
The Common
Reprinted at poets.org
THINGS WE CAN'T REMEMBER
Poet Lore
THE HANDYMAN I HIRE IS NEW TO THIS
Passages North
Nominated for Best of the Net
ON THE JOY OF PAINTING, AT 2AM, BOB ROSS PROMISES ANYONE CAN DO THIS
Crab Creek Review
Reprinted at poets.org
ON MR. ROGERS' NEIGHBORHOOD, FRED ROGERS EXPLAINS THUNDER
Spoon River Poetry Review
TENDING
Glass: A Journal of Poetry
WHEN MY MOM HAS BEEN DEAD EIGHT MONTHS, THEY TEAR DOWN LUCKY LANES
Carve
WHEN MY MOM HAS BEEN DEAD TWO YEARS, THE LOT FOR THE TORN-DOWN BOWLING ALLEY STILL STANDS EMPTY
Blue Earth Review
I DON'T LIKE BASEBALL, JUST THE RED SOX
Hobart
REVITALIZATION PROJECT: MERCY HOSPITAL NURSES' DORMITORY
The Cortland Review
ON THE WONDER YEARS, WAYNE PUNCHES KEVIN AGAIN
museum of americana
Reprinted at poets.org
WALKING MAPLE HILL
Up the Staircase Quarterly
AUGUST
Booth
RESOLUTIONS
Whale Road Review
GETTING GROCERIES
REVITALIZATION PROJECT: ST. MARY'S
december
ADVICE
The Penn Review