Category Archives: Poetry
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Notes on the Poetry Selections
Leave a commentDecember 22, 2025 by The Citron Review
Be kind to me, or treat me meanI’ll make the most of it, I’m an extraordinary machine– Fiona Apple, “Extraordinary …
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My Father’s Bed
Leave a commentDecember 22, 2025 by The Citron Review
by Chris Pellizzari I visited my grandparents last night in Chicago Heights. They needed me to come over and …
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It Took Us Years to Hear Helicopters Again
Leave a commentDecember 22, 2025 by The Citron Review
by Justine Sweeney Their distant clap was whipped into our infant milk and fed to us during the night. …
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Desperate, Bright
Leave a commentDecember 22, 2025 by The Citron Review
by Kate Michaelson Fall is our favorite, my mom and I, both of us born into it. We celebrate …
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Shoulder Season
Leave a commentDecember 22, 2025 by The Citron Review
by Meredith Seung Mee Buse We stop at the bottom of the boardwalk steps to prepare: sneakers and socks …
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Pick Me
December 22, 2025 by The Citron Review
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Carson McCullers was not married when she died, but she did tell Tennessee Williams that she had sex with Gypsy Rose Lee
1December 22, 2025 by The Citron Review
by Kristen Field She married Reeves McCullers twice.Divorced him twice. Which decisioncarries more weight? He told her on their …
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Matchbooks
1December 22, 2025 by The Citron Review
by JoAnna Scandiffio we miss those little souvenirsof where we ate when we were oncein love and kept the …
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There Is No Penalty for Breaking the Law of Gravity
Leave a commentDecember 22, 2025 by The Citron Review
by Jeff Mock Waking is a sort of fallingAs if through water, the slow Pressure against your bodyAnd against …
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The Gloom Spices
1December 22, 2025 by The Citron Review
by John A. Nieves Old clove by the baseboard leans like a downedmailbox but promises no missive. It has given …
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