Category Archives: Poetry

  1. Notes on the Poetry Selections

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    July 1, 2026 by The Citron Review

    This issue Citron welcomed a new poetry reader, Bobby Morris. Bobby is a Filipino-American writer in Nevada, and his work …
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  2. Notes on the Poetry Selections

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    April 29, 2026 by The Citron Review

    We’re publishing the Spring 2026 issue in April during National Poetry Month, the same week as International Jazz Day. One …
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  3. Alchemy

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    April 29, 2026 by The Citron Review

    by Katie Kemple   My husband wakes early on Sunday,disappears downstairs to beginthe alchemy of flour, salt and water,to raise …
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  4. Reading “Ave Maria” A Day After Frank O’Hara’s Birthday

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    April 29, 2026 by The Citron Review

    by Spencer Silverthorne   I remember learning the word condonewhen a devout family member declared shame at a third cousin’s …
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  5. Ruins

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    April 29, 2026 by The Citron Review

    by Katie Kemple   Before I entered the MRI, they gave me headphonesto dull the machine sounds that jackhammereda tartan …
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  6. Flee

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    April 29, 2026 by The Citron Review

    by Jennifer LeBlanc   An erasure of Sir Thomas Wyatt’s “They Flee From Me” For screen reader accessibility: seekin my …
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  7. What the Clouds Have Said

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    April 29, 2026 by The Citron Review

    by Peter Chiu Those low clouds huddle close,      lingering ghosts like              a …
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  8. Ginkgo Leaf

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    April 29, 2026 by The Citron Review

    by Peter Chiu Trace the path of a floating ginkgo leaf        as it falls from a wet …
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  9. Self Portrait as an ARM Assembly

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    April 29, 2026 by The Citron Review

    by Shyla Ann Shehan   Text for screen reader accessibility I am transfixed by what dwells behind door number two, …
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  10. Oak

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    April 29, 2026 by The Citron Review

    by Keith Baughman   when the intelligence of the acornsinks into the memory of muda vast storehouse of wisdom opens …
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