Alison Keiser

Alison Keiser is a recent graduate from Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon, though much of her writing remembers her upbringing in the Midwest. She was awarded the 2023 Vern Rutsala American Academy of Poetry Prize and was published in Sink Hollow. She works as a freelance editor and proofreader.

Reset

I.I kill November daysin a beach town of retirees. I ridemy bike down boulevards and pretend I am someoneelse. I find hidden covesto read inside and eat every meal quietly,but like it is my last. I keepto myself though the strangers are kind.Heat warps the department store windows, but in them,I am new. I am kind. The whole month, I… Read more →