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784 Grams, Stephanie A. Kurzenhauser
784 Grams, Stephanie A. Kurzenhauser
The Hilltop Review
This poem elucidates my experience of grief and loss in response to breast cancer and a bilateral mastectomy without reconstruction.
Two Poems, Lauren Coyne
The Star-Gazer, Jennifer Kean
The Star-Gazer, Jennifer Kean
The Hilltop Review
“The Star-Gazer” is modeled loosely on the Old English poem “The Wife’s Lament.” This medieval elegiac composition expresses beautifully the tensions that attend unrequited or abandoned love. It is awkward: there are clearly contrasting sentiments for the absent lover. It is frustrated and distressed: the reasons for the lover’s truancy are unclear to the reader, and presumably to The Wife. It is confused: The Wife does not understand why her partner has put physical and emotional distance between them, and the nature-imagery reflects how open-ended heartbreak can suspend, or even immobilize, personal growth. In my composition, I experiment with the …
3.14.21 - Spring, Clayton Meldrum
3.14.21 - Spring, Clayton Meldrum
The Hilltop Review
This poem, written in one sitting on a Sunday morning, is a reflection not only on the transition between the physical seasons, but on the condition of the authors heart, moving from a personal season of hurt and cold bitterness (winter), on the way towards one of happiness and warmth (summer). But there is the season in between - spring.
Age Of The Universe, Sydney Sheltz-Kempf
How To Be Held, Andrew Collard
Snowstorm In Southern Tlön, Joshua T. Parks
Snowstorm In Southern Tlön, Joshua T. Parks
The Hilltop Review
This is a wintry poem inspired by the nounless language of Jorge Luis Borges's fictional planet Tlön. It describes a snowstorm using only verbal forms and function words. It also hints at the timelessness of Tlön's philosophical idealism and the tendency of nature to disregard human boundaries.
'Art' They Can't See, Lines, Anatomy Of Decomposing, October On Danford Creek, Wing Bone, And Taxidermy, Kailyn J. Dekker
'Art' They Can't See, Lines, Anatomy Of Decomposing, October On Danford Creek, Wing Bone, And Taxidermy, Kailyn J. Dekker
The Hilltop Review
The following document includes a selection and submission for the Hilltop Review. Within the file the reader will find five (5) poems and one (1) micro fiction piece. The poems are titled 'Art' They Can't See, Lines, Anatomy of Decomposing, October on Danford Creek, and Wing Bone. These poems incorporate darkness, illness, social issues, and a manifestation and exploration of the human condition. The Microfiction text titled Taxidermy, details the interaction between two siblings showcasing the younger sister's mental illness by detailing the delusional and obsessive behavior of this character.
These texts have been workshopped …
Laws Of Genetics, Sydney N. Sheltz-Kempf
Sweet Avaline, Tavia Lloyd
Autumn, Steven J. Maloney
Autumn, Steven J. Maloney
The Hilltop Review
Autumn: A sonnet. Copyright (c) 2018 by the author.
Loving Her, Tavia Lloyd
Wrought Constituent, Kenneth Jakubas
To Nobody, Too, Ariel Berry
The Spaces Between, Robert Evory
Lucy, Robert Evory
Pools Of Water: An Exposition Of Traditional And American-Style Haiku, Michael L. Albin Kiella
Pools Of Water: An Exposition Of Traditional And American-Style Haiku, Michael L. Albin Kiella
The Hilltop Review
Abstract: Haiku is a Japanese form of poetry that traditionally contains 17 syllables, ordinarily arranged in three line-phrases of 5-7-5 syllables. The intention of each haiku is to demonstrate the similarity between disparate entities, where the similarity is not completely obvious, or stand in juxtaposition. The poems are focused on nature and the natural world. The language used in each poem is concise and imagery-dense. An American form of haiku has emerged that attempts to distill the use of language to 11 syllables delivered in three line phrases of 3-5-3 syllables with brevity of articles. Alternatively, American-style haiku accepts a …
The Four Seasons, Luke J. Chambers
I, Jesus, Jill A. Mceldowney
Funeral Season, Carolyn Nims