Letter from the Editor

Every day, no matter how many times I tell my dog I love her, I always ask her if she needs extra love. It’s the first thing I say to her in the morning, and the last thing I say to her before she goes to sleep. After four years of this routine, she does not hesitate to roll over for one more belly rub. Extra is never too much for Emma. 

In 2025 so much good work came our way, the queue was the largest we’ve ever seen. How could we not share this abundance with you? Special thanks to Online Editor and Micros Editor JR Walsh for saying yes to this issue and others whenever I cautiously ask, what do you think about an extra issue this year? He also graciously jumped in as another Poetry Editor for this issue and the Winter Issue, which is on tap for release around the solstice. 

We’re grateful that you stopped by for extra poetry and micros.

Sincerely,

Angela M. Brommel
Editor-in-Chief
Poetry Editor
The Citron Review

 

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Table of Contents

 

Poetry

Wendy BooydeGraaff, “Shells“

Hunt Sanders, “Hail Season“

Dorothy Wall, “Loss, Loose, Lose“

Julie Esther Fisher, “Those That are Deer“

Marisa P. Clark, “Oz“

Jennifer Saunders, “Domesticity“

 

Micros

Emily Rinkema, “A Sticker on a Bucket of a Drawing of a Bucket and a Baby”

Tania Ravaei, “Where We Went“

Maryanne Hannan, “Hope Springs“

Patrick Chapman, “Out of Amber“

Courtney Buder, “Redwood“

Stephen D. Gibson, “Actors Burning Coffee in the Afternoon“

Julie Shulman, “Outline“

 

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