Author Archives: The Citron Review
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L’usurpateur
2July 1, 2024 by The Citron Review
by Chelsea Allen The piano riff you play, mama, twists my insides into grievous knots, but ears pressed to …
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Grandpa at the Intersection
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by D. Walsh Gilbert John’s wearing snowpants. It’s July. Betty guides him, puffy swish with each step. The traffic …
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Turnover
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by Chandu Govind I grew up tied to the ocean. My brothers and I—the three of us—trampling on sandcastles …
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Colander
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by James Geary In any other utensil it would be a major design flaw, but here it is the …
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recovery breath
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by Nathaniel Calhoun sometimes recovery breath doesn’t work and the drowning unfolds on dry land. Nathaniel …
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Playfighting
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by Luke Dunne Alert, as ever, to the possibility that it was all a game, you snatched my favourite …
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Heart
1July 1, 2024 by The Citron Review
by Allison Field Bell Peonies: the thickening bunch of them. Petals unfurling, gaping wide open to the sun. Pornographic …
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Splice
Leave a commentJuly 1, 2024 by The Citron Review
by Katie Beswick Oneegg split —four legged,two lipped.Cups dipin bonesof hips.Sip wine.Contemplate stardust.Cleaving, cleaving —frog-footed,breathing, breathing;marble shaped,turning over.Long-limbed,day-dreaming,easiest leaving.You’re …
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Attention
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by Daniel Rortvedt At the hardware store again I contemplate the same rose bush. Each spring we plant the garden. …
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Q & A with Shome Dasgupta
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by Charlotte Hamrick Reading Atchafalaya Darling by Shome Dasgupta (Belle Point Press, 2024), I was drawn into a lyrical world …
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