Author Archives: The Citron Review

  1. T.G.I.F. but I’m Afraid I Can’t Keep Our Nudes

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    October 5, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Jennifer R. Edwards The texts I want to reread are the ones I mustdelete. Desire leaves overwhelming evidence.There are …
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  2. Diet cranberry, Southern Living

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    October 5, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Jamie Carros The ball drops on a new year.My fists drop on my lap.My baby drops his drumsticks. Her …
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  3. The Climb

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    October 5, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Nicole Desjardins Gowdy He’s chasing the feeling of that first time, head breaking through the clouds, hands raw, racing …
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  4. How-to

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    October 5, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Terry Wolverton Cotton the tender wounds. Munch hateful syllables. Prepare for whatever cannot be anticipated. Scatter memories across barren …
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  5. urban haiku

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    October 5, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Richard Risemberg the low sun of falllight slants across high windowscrows call from rooftops Richard Risemberg was born to …
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  6. Atrophy

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    October 5, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Daniel Brennan I tell myself he has a big heart becausehe has a Keith Haring tattoo and, naturally,that makes …
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  7. This relationship

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    October 5, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Claudia Excaret Santos For screen reader accessibility please read below. T[1]h[2]i[3]s[4]   r[5]e[6]l[7]a[8]tionship [1] We do love each other [2] …
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  8. Matchsticks

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    October 5, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Clayre Benzadón Stack of hay, a needle inside of a puzzle.  It’s his, the goblet of our collarbones match.  He either …
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  9. The world is ending without lemons

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    October 5, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Clayre Benzadón and damn, these chickens can’t layeggs anymore, but they still runlike the last zesty citron bomb at …
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  10. Bergamot

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    October 5, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Wren Tuatha My tea tells me it loves me. My corner of the couch,and the twenty minutes till morning …
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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