Category Archives: Micros

  1. Harvest

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    March 21, 2022 by The Citron Review

    by Tracy Porch   The last time it rained, I was nearly eight years old. The day I saw water …
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  2. Notes on the Micros

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    March 21, 2022 by The Citron Review

    German philosopher and critical theorist Theodor W. Adorno wrote: “To write poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric.” It’s oft-quoted, misquoted, embraced, …
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  3. Break

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    March 21, 2022 by The Citron Review

    by Brandi Sperry   The house has settled over the years, and now the pool table in the basement is …
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  4. Gulls

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    March 21, 2022 by The Citron Review

    by Nancy Freund   RicRac and GrosGrain went to the beach. Stripes romped by their sides, bopping a beach ball. …
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  5. Runny Eggs Make Sunny Mornings

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    March 21, 2022 by The Citron Review

    by Jessica Khailo   In those days when I began creating my meanings out of symbols and not matter. Everything …
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  6. Burning Leaves

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    March 21, 2022 by The Citron Review

    by Kip Knott   The match stutters, catches on the word “fire” before flames compel the fallen leaves to sing …
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  7. Somniphobia

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    March 21, 2022 by The Citron Review

    by Kip Knott   Not even the wind gives up the sound of death’s wings, the way a shadow never …
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  8. Gulls

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    March 21, 2022 by The Citron Review

    by Nancy Freund   RicRac and GrosGrain went to the beach. Stripes romped by their sides, bopping a beach ball. …
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  9. The Questions You Ask a Lost Child Now

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    March 21, 2022 by The Citron Review

    by Yasmina Din Madden The child on the side of the road is dirty and alone, so Jimmy and I …
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  10. lunar

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    March 21, 2022 by The Citron Review

    by Frenci Nguyen   i map my soul in grains of sand: the nights we huddled up in tents on …
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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