Author Archives: The Citron Review

  1. Grief, Part V

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    December 22, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor   I let it suckle from breasts until my nipples bled. I shared dreams with it, cut …
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  2. 32 Degrees Exactly

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    December 22, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Jeffrey Hermann   I’m walking home in the rain when the rain turns to snow. It floats down and …
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  3. Helen Mckenzie

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    December 22, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Peter Krumbach Here is the micro in its original formatting.     Peter Krumbach is the author of Degrees …
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  4. Psalm

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    December 22, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Samantha Marie Daniels   Baptized by the firstrainy day of the season—I’m looking for you,O Lord, but I can’t …
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  5. After

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    December 22, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Phillip Sterling Here is the micro in its original formatting.     Phillip Sterling’s books include Lessons in Geography: …
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  6. Notes on the Flash Fiction selections

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    December 22, 2025 by The Citron Review

    Dear Readers, Happy Solstice. This year as we journeyed into “the big dark” I’ve been reflecting back over the past …
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  7. Efficiency measures

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    December 22, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Matt Kendrick   It’s [sunrise through mist] and I’m sitting with [old woman] in the [kitchen]. My [laptop] is …
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  8. Bounce, Dance, Dig

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    December 22, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Claudia Monpere   The month we are goats, we sleep huddled together. We thrash bushes with our heads. Curl …
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  9. Do My Mom’s Suicidal Tendencies Manifest Now As Unfinished Blankets At The Nursing Home?

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    December 22, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Emily Dressler   Under her bed, seaweed sprouts from balls of yarn. It is almost always purple. Before I …
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  10. Promise me something sweet

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    December 22, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Moisés R. Delgado   Our mom’s first word to me, and later to Ruby, was eat. The nurses probably …
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IMAGE: Painted scroll: Winter Journey Through the Mountains Along Plank Roads (Ming Huang's Journey to Shu)
IMAGE: Winter Journey Through the Mountains Along Plank Roads (Ming Huang's Journey to Shu) (Yokoi Kinkoku 横井金谷) , 1985.791,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2025