Abbie Kiefer
Forthcoming
"A Brief History of Agriculture in Aroostook County," Ploughshares
"On Bewitched, They Recast Gladys Kravitz," The Southern Review
"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
"Self-Portrait as the Safe Deposit Vault in the Vacant First Trust," Tupelo Quarterly
"On Gardner'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" and "On House Hunters, the Buyers Always Insist They’ll Need Space for Entertaining," Salamander
"Paring Knife with Ripe Fruit," Shenandoah
"How Amytis Spends Her Days,” Birdcoat Quarterly
"Growing Season with Losses," The Shore
2023
"A Brief History of Maine Industry” and “We Get the News and Gather," Meetinghouse
"He Asks Why They Didn’t Just Use Fire Extinguishers at Mount St. Helens," Boulevard
"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
"On Jeopardy!, You Can Only Ask Questions," The Ilanot Review
2022
"In Praise of Minor," Tinderbox Poetry Journal (finalist for the Brett Elizabeth Jenkins Poetry Prize)
"Trading in at Ray Diamond Ford" and "What I Know," Ninth Letter
"They’re Building a Rocket That Will Fly Itself," The Boiler
"Karate Class" and "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
2021
"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" and "When the Flood Came," Arts & Letters (nominated for Best New Poets)
"E.A. Robinson Leaves by Rail," The Common
"Things We Can't Remember," Poet Lore
2020
"The handyman I hire is new to this," Passages North (nominated for Best of the Net)
"On The Joy of Painting, at 2 a.m., Bob Ross Promises Anyone Can Do This," Crab Creek Review
"International Paper Makes an Announcement," Mud Season Review
"Groundhog," Cider Press Review
"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
"Good Night from the Nursing Home," The Knicknackery
"Dodge" The Cincinnati Review, miCRo series (longlisted for the Wigleaf Top 50)
"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" and "Revitalization Project: 6.5 Miles of Track, Abandoned by Maine Central Railroad," the museum of americana
"Walking Maple Hill," Up the Staircase Quarterly
"August," Booth
2019
"Revitalization Project," The Sow's Ear Poetry Review
"Resolutions," Whale Road Review
"Getting Groceries" and "Revitalization Project: St. Mary's," december
"The Possibility of Loss," Naugatuck River Review
"Women's Work," Oyster River Pages
"Our Neighbors on February 7, with a High of 58°" and "Smoke Break," Sweet Tree Review
"Advice," The Penn Review
"Small Funerals," The Comstock Review