Kiyanna Hill

Kiyanna Hill is a poet based in Richmond, Virginia. She holds an MFA from the University of Maryland. Her poems can be found in Peach Magazine, Lunch Ticket, Waxing & Waning, and elsewhere.

Content by Kiyanna Hill

An image of a roadway with a mirror reflecting overexposed lighting that looks like fireworks.

Poetry,

On the 4th of July, we confuse gunshots and fireworks

BY Kiyanna Hill

As in this conflation of sound causes a parallel of death.
As in the body flattens on concrete. As in the body roasts on tar.
Calves ache from the stillness. The tongue swells, overfilling the mouth.