Hannah Silverstein

@hillhannah

MFA poetry, Warren Wilson College. She/Her. Black Lives Matter. Zero tolerance for fascists.

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Hannah Silverstein@hillhannah· 13d

Look who I met on my run last night

A mama black bear and cub at the corner of a country road

Hannah Silverstein@hillhannah· 16d

My supervisor micromanaging again

A cat sits beside a keyboard and stares at you accusingly

Hannah Silverstein@hillhannah· 28d

This is the kind of cuteness I am forced to endure every day

A tabby cat stretched to its full length on an ottoman, revealing the softest possible white belly

Hannah Silverstein@hillhannah· Mar 10

Hannah Silverstein@hillhannah· Mar 10

Whatcha reading?

A tabby cat stares up at the camera over the page of an open book

Hannah Silverstein@hillhannah· Oct 18

I always forget to take pictures at these things, but I did get this cutie from the #NoKings White River Junction, Vermont

A dachshund in a hot dog costume that says “weenies not meanies”

Hannah Silverstein@hillhannah· Jun 5

just putting this here

Dr. Evil with a raised eyebrow looking exactly like a bald version of the new terrorism prevention appointee

Hannah Silverstein@hillhannah· Apr 5

Decent turnout in Montpelier on a rainy afternoon #handsoff

Hands-Off rally at the Vermont State House in Montpelier. Hand-made signs, raincoats, an American flag, gold capitol dome in the background.

Hannah Silverstein@hillhannah· Apr 1

Thank you to the editors at @passagesnorth.bsky.social for publishing one of my Negative Psychology poems!

Cat feet on a wooden desk walk past a copy of a literary journal being held open to a poem called “Negative Psychology 2”

Hannah Silverstein@hillhannah· Mar 30

Snow and ice and a good book

The cover of the book Sidework, by Sasha Hom

A floofy grinning dog in the snow crusted woods

Ice-encrusted branches of a tree overhanging a snowy driveway

Hannah Silverstein@hillhannah· Jan 26

Left, the Ecce Homo fresco of Jesus and, right, its famously botched restoration

Hannah Silverstein@hillhannah· Dec 31

Time gets stretchy at the junction of years. Something to do with the light, the preponderance of blue, open sky in spaces that otherwise seem closed

The long December shadows of trees on snowy ground. In the distance, mountains. In the foreground, the long shadow of the photographer.

Hannah Silverstein@hillhannah· Dec 26

Good morning, Bluesky! I’m happy to have a poem in the new issue of Crab Creek Review

The cover of Crab Creek Review, with sunset art by Linde Husk

SEMIFINALIST: HANNAH SILVERSTEIN
The Call
The unknown number that leaves
a message—says your mother and
accident and something about a neighbor who might be looking after her
elderly dog— particular, peculiar,
dissolving into anodyne music,
on hold for the ER nurse who can't talk
now but promises to call back
an hour ago. The evening shifts
into a different kind of time. Only
yesterday I was skidding on ice.

Hannah Silverstein@hillhannah· Dec 20

winter solstice eve

Cozy tableau: fire in the wood stove, tabby cat lounging on the rug in front of it, floofy dog sprawled on the couch beside an open book in a lap

Hannah Silverstein@hillhannah· Dec 7

The reason he’s sleeping on top of his dinosaur head on the floor is because he rolled off the couch while sleeping inside his dinosaur head

A svelte and leggy tabby cat snoozed on top of the head of a dinosaur costume

Hannah Silverstein@hillhannah· Dec 5

Paws 🐾 (this is as close as these two get to snuggling)

A closeup of a cat’s paws snuggling with a dog’s paw

Hannah Silverstein@hillhannah· Dec 3

Sam’s world; we just live in it

A tabby cat on a bed stretches one possessive paw while gazing bright-eyed into the near distance

Hannah Silverstein@hillhannah· Dec 1

How can a picture convey how snuggly he is?

A big floofy pooch curled into a perfect circle on a couch. Sound asleep.

Hannah Silverstein@hillhannah· Nov 23

Saturday morning, yin and yang

A cat and a dog asleep on a bed, almost but not quite snuggling

Hannah Silverstein@hillhannah· Nov 20

Only in the bareness of winter can we finally see. But how long can we stand it, that shivering vision? —Jessica Jacobs

A copy of Unalone, a poetry collection by Jessica Jacobs, and a coffee mug

Hannah Silverstein@hillhannah· Nov 20

Morning, sky friends.

A close-up of a cat looking sleepily into the camera. In the background, a sleeping dog.

Hannah Silverstein@hillhannah· Nov 19

Good fences make good neighbors

A tabby cat and a big floofy dog asleep on a bed. Between them, the lumpy shape of a person’s leg under the covers.

Hannah Silverstein@hillhannah· Nov 18

Don’t forget to look at the sky today, friends

Hannah Silverstein@hillhannah· Nov 17

Good morning sleepy sky folk

Hannah Silverstein@hillhannah· Nov 15

a skim of ice at the boat launch, then we turned to see this

The bow of a canoe on a pond at sunset with the full moon mirrored in the water

Hannah Silverstein@hillhannah· Nov 15

Morning, sky babies

A floofy bedcover-hogging dog with paws in the air expects belly rubs. And deserves them.

Hannah Silverstein@hillhannah· Nov 12

Morning, sky babies

A tabby cat with head up and eyes closed in sleep or meditation stretches one white-socked paw toward you, viewer, either to comfort or to assert possession

Hannah Silverstein@hillhannah· Nov 11

If you see this, post with a beach photo from your gallery.

A floofy pup with paws in the water regards the golden-hour fall foliage across a pond

Hannah Silverstein@hillhannah· Nov 11

The view from here

A tabby cat and a floofy pup almost but not snuggling on a human bed

Hannah Silverstein@hillhannah· Nov 9

Good morning, sky babies