Pine Hills Review
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Publishing irreverent, different, and surprising work that tries to do something new. Est. 2014. Edited by Alex J. Tunney and @danielnestermfa.bsky.social. Read us at pinehillsreview.com.
"Vermont Nature Poem" by Tony Gloeggler "Please fly me to JFK, get me / on that train from the plane, / save me a seat so I can watch / God’s greatest creation"
“Vermont Nature Poem” by Tony Gloeggler
Please fly me to JFK, get me / on that train from the plane, / save me a seat so I can watch / God’s greatest creation
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"Peeling" by Don Narkevic "Before I can say anything, I feel her / sharp nails picking at my shoulder, / a leaf of me separating from my back"
“Peeling” by Don Narkevic
Before I can say anything, I feel her / sharp nails picking at my shoulder, / a leaf of me separating from my back
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“Unmotherhood" by Stephanie Jones "She’s not yours. / These are not mornings / you share with someone who once / was inevitable."
“Unmotherhood” by Stephanie Jones
She’s not yours. / These are not mornings / you share with someone who once / was inevitable.
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“We got kicked out of karaoke for booing the Cake version of ‘I Will Survive’” by Susan Kolon "you LOL after I drive an hour // to a new friend who cancels, / sad smiley when a guy grabs my purse // at Chevron. I invite you to drink Zin / on the beach, you miss the plane."
“We got kicked out of karaoke for booing the Cake version of ‘I Will Survive’” by Susan Kolon
you LOL after I drive an hour // to a new friend who cancels, / sad smiley when a guy grabs my purse // at Chevron. I invite you to drink Zin on the beach, you miss the plane.
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"Watching" by Anna Emerson "She watched me too. I was shocked by the gentleness of her eye, the soft, almost amber color, and her entirely unhurried presence. I expected something else, a darker eye or a colder look."
“Watching” by Anna Emerson
She watched me too. I was shocked by the gentleness of her eye, the soft, almost amber color, and her entirely unhurried presence. I expected something else, a darker eye or a colder look.
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"Yellow" by Dana Holley Maloney "I remember it first, before circumstance, / mother, house or sky--the unexpected / brilliance burned to the back of retinas."
“Yellow” by Dana Holley Maloney
I remember it first, before circumstance, / mother, house or sky--the unexpected / brilliance burned to the back of retinas.
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“Up North” by Hannah Faith Notess "But (you can hear the but before I say it) there’s something in me now that survived years of quarantine by closing my eyes and dreaming of sand. Of being alone, far from the noise. Not you. Never you. "
“Up North” by Hannah Faith Notess
But (you can hear the but before I say it) there’s something in me now that survived years of quarantine by closing my eyes and dreaming of sand. Of being alone, far from the noise. Not you. Never you.
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“Alice On the Other Side” by Dwayne Rieves "Picture a magic marker's / green line connecting death to life, pressure making it / curve until it’s circling and another season’s budding."
“Alice On the Other Side” by Dwayne Rieves
Picture a magic marker's / green line connecting death to life, pressure making it / curve until it’s circling and another season’s budding.
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“Sea Change” by Beth Brown Preston "What will I achieve in these dreary days without you? / I want to tell you of this lonely time before winter sets in."
“Sea Change” by Beth Brown Preston
What will I achieve in these dreary days without you? / I want to tell you of this lonely time before winter sets in.
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“Something To Be Done” by Sean Burke "Macaroni days made Peggy nervous. Macaroni was at the end of the pasta aisle at the far side of the football-field sized store and that trek with Joshua’s customers seemed to take forever."
“Something To Be Done” by Sean Burke
Macaroni days made Peggy nervous. Macaroni was at the end of the pasta aisle at the far side of the football-field sized store and that trek with Joshua’s customers seemed to take forever.
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“His Face Was as Vague as That of a Ghost” by Alex Carrigan "If he sat too long, he’d start to blend. / If he stood too long, he'd start to blend. / Colors seemed to run away from him / the longer he was awake each day."
“His Face Was as Vague as That of a Ghost” by Alex Carrigan
If he sat too long, he’d start to blend. / If he stood too long, he'd start to blend. / Colors seemed to run away from him / the longer he was awake each day.
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“Making, Memories” by Georgia Smith "Try again. It is not shock, not surprise. It is something else entirely. Try again. It is not an exaggerated, cartoonish expression. It is a true one. Try again. There is a glimmer of something else, something murkier."
“Making, Memories” by Georgia Smith
Try again. It is not shock, not surprise. It is something else entirely. Try again. It is not an exaggerated, cartoonish expression. It is a true one. Try again. There is a glimmer of something else, something murkier.
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“The Animal” by Joshua Zeitler "The rabbit darts into the dark of my shadow, // and I almost believe it’s gone until I see / it’s burrowed under, through. It’s right /in front of me, nothing between us."
“The Animal” by Joshua Zeitler
The rabbit darts into the dark of my shadow, // and I almost believe it’s gone until I see / it’s burrowed under, through. It’s right /in front of me, nothing between us.
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“Big-Time Decision Fatigue” by Robyn Art "dread, that old pal, / stepping into the frame / like a reality show host with the release form, / the prison van idling at the curb."
“Big-Time Decision Fatigue” by Robyn Art
dread, that old pal, / stepping into the frame / like a reality show host with the release form, / the prison van idling at the curb.
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“Last Roll of Film” by Bethany Bruno "She looked free in a way she never had at home. I thought about how she used to stand at the sink, elbows locked, washing the same plate three times over while the radio played low."
“Last Roll of Film” by Bethany Bruno
She looked free in a way she never had at home. I thought about how she used to stand at the sink, elbows locked, washing the same plate three times over while the radio played low.
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"Durutti Column on the DC Metro" by Ed Brickell "because they lived for doing, for telling others what to do, / for anger with strategic purpose, leaving and arriving / at their homes in darkness holding hours more of work"
“Durutti Column on the DC Metro” by Ed Brickell
because they lived for doing, for telling others what to do, / for anger with strategic purpose, leaving and arriving / at their homes in darkness holding hours more of work
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"the like-likes & manhandlas of N.W. 72nd Ave." by Michael J. Pagán "a mouth can be a weak point – an open wound – / to some, but she made it a gesture of life, of saving, / our saving."
“the like-likes & manhandlas of N.W. 72nd Ave.” by Michael J. Pagán
a mouth can be a weak point – an open wound – / to some, but she made it a gesture of life, of saving, / our saving.
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“I feel very close with all the speakers in this book”: An Interview with Jeffery Berg "Your question makes me realize that the book is sort of a cacophony with a lot of different speakers, voices, and dialogue."
“I feel very close with all the speakers in this book”: An Interview with Jeffery Berg
"Your question makes me realize that the book is sort of a cacophony with a lot of different speakers, voices, and dialogue."
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"Don't Ever Do This" by Steve Petkus "They didn’t take the car, / then it snowed overnight. / I got in the cold Bug after breakfast, / sniffed motionless, vinyl air."
“Don’t Ever Do This” by Steve Petkus
They didn’t take the car, / then it snowed overnight. / I got in the cold Bug after breakfast, / sniffed motionless, vinyl air.
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"We’ve Discovered the Perpetual Motion Machine" by Svetlana Litvinchuk "She doesn’t believe in the silent treatment. The only thing funnier than a dog standing on two legs like a human, is your face getting further away and then closer again."
“We’ve Discovered the Perpetual Motion Machine” by Svetlana Litvinchuk
"She doesn’t believe in the silent treatment. The only thing funnier than a dog standing on two legs like a human, is your face getting further away and then closer again."
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“Tabula Rasa” by Eve Müller "No hair / in the sink. No tumbled sheets. No echoes of arguments won and / lost."
“Tabula Rasa” by Eve Müller
No hair / in the sink. No tumbled sheets. No echoes of arguments won and / lost.
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“Girl Dinner” by Isabel Galupo "Boursin on a stale pretzel with Carolyn / who wants us to love her new guy as much / as she does, frisée and free champagne with Audrey / who hates her boss."
“Girl Dinner” by Isabel Galupo
Boursin on a stale pretzel with Carolyn / who wants us to love her new guy as much / as she does, frisée and free champagne with Audrey / who hates her boss.
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"Grain-Free" by Ben Gunsburg "less / full of bread, / less haunted by money. / Free of pain. Free of dairy."
“Grain-Free” by Ben Gunsburg
less / full of bread, / less haunted by money. / Free of pain. Free of dairy.
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"You Are Kirsten Dunst in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" by Ally Feisel "The makeup team will smudge your mascara so you look tipsy. The hair team will carefully ruffle your blonde shoulder-length-cut."
“You Are Kirsten Dunst in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” by Ally Feisel
The makeup team will smudge your mascara so you look tipsy. The hair team will carefully ruffle your blonde shoulder-length-cut.
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“scalloped edges” by Rachel Vinciguerra "Blue sky, edges on fire. From another / Life, this one."
“scalloped edges” by Rachel Vinciguerra
Blue sky, edges on fire. From another / Life, this one.
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"Do You Hear a Sound Like Someone in Mittens Piling Rocks in Secret?" by Tarn Wilson "As soon as I said it, you knew it was true, didn’t you? / You have always known the badger people. They / don’t care for your name, but they never forget you."
“Do You Hear a Sound Like Someone in Mittens Piling Rocks in Secret?” by Tarn Wilson
As soon as I said it, you knew it was true, didn’t you? / You have always known the badger people. They / don’t care for your name, but they never forget you.
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Thank you so much to @pinehillsreview.bsky.social for publishing my poem, "too two." pinehillsreview.com/2026/01/28/s...
Thank you to @pinehillsreview.bsky.social for this interview opportunity! It was fun to think so deeply about my new poetry collection, What Haunts Me. #booksky
Pine Hills Review@pinehillsreview.bsky.social · 6mo ago"Because life… is far more terrifying at times than a ghost": An Interview with Bernadette Geyer "I’m ultimately confronting that ghost of my childhood and telling them they don’t scare me anymore."
"Because life… is far more terrifying at times than a ghost": An Interview with Bernadette Geyer "I’m ultimately confronting that ghost of my childhood and telling them they don’t scare me anymore."
“Because life… is far more terrifying at times than a ghost”: An Interview with Bernadette Geyer
"I’m ultimately confronting that ghost of my childhood and telling them they don’t scare me anymore."
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