Category Archives: 2023
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Walking the Flowered Path
1June 30, 2023 by The Citron Review
by Tara Monjazeb It is quiet today in the garden,but the petals sing their daily songs echoed in the …
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Settling the Score
Leave a commentJune 30, 2023 by The Citron Review
by Carolyn Pledge-Amaral The house on Cottage Road came with its own soundtrack—a full LP, not a forty-five, or …
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Never Marry a Wounded Bird
1June 30, 2023 by The Citron Review
by Marie Manilla It was surrounded by beachgoers, the maimed gull. An elderly couple beneath a beach umbrella eating …
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Bath Receipts
Leave a commentJune 30, 2023 by The Citron Review
by Bria Winfree When I first got to the foster house, bathing was hard. I could usually bathe my …
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Conservatory
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by Nadine Hitchiner Nothing happened in the fantasy—his skin is still fullof harps. It’s raining, outside the birdbath like …
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Surface Tension
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by Jennifer Maxon Too early for the fog to lift and crowds to wake, walk alone on the beach …
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Aubade
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by Lisa Eve Cheby They say you can’t have your cakeand eat it, too. But what if I …
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Engine Study in Oil
Leave a commentJune 30, 2023 by The Citron Review
by Nadine Hitchiner I remember the rooibosin your hair—drunkenon and milky. Shy sermonof flowers, how they preach their ownbeauty, …
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Mother Tongue
1June 30, 2023 by The Citron Review
by Kik Lodge On the train, a girl licks the window and her mother tells her to stop licking …
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Satellite
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by Tara Monjazeb This freckle of lightreflects the sunin the long, indigo minutesbetween midnightand morning. May the stars guide …
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