Category Archives: Poetry

  1. Ashes with Hindsight

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    June 20, 2021 by The Citron Review

    After Ashes, Steve McQueen, Tate Modern, London, UK by Emma Lee   Looking out to the sunny, calm horizon, one …
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  2. (Antenna) (Whiskey) Template

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    June 20, 2021 by The Citron Review

    by Beth Gordon   Unravel the seaweed around your ankles:  ankles laced with brine. Gather the wind as bright as …
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  3. Notes on the Micros

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    June 20, 2021 by The Citron Review

    Where do inspiration and organization meet? Are they at war? Or is it more of a cooperative struggle resulting in …
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  4. Notes on the Micros

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    March 21, 2021 by The Citron Review

    Spring means baseball. I believe it’s a poetic game. The green expanse, the dust clouds, the quiet waiting for the …
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  5. Notes on the Poetry Selections

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    March 21, 2021 by The Citron Review

    The other day, I was teaching a creative writing class and showed Charlotte Pence’s “Consciousness” on the overhead, as I …
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  6. St. Augustine Sits

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    March 21, 2021 by The Citron Review

    by Michael Pittard   next to me peeling my pear with his bitten fingernails the flesh receding at his gentle …
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    March 21, 2021 by The Citron Review

    by Salvador Villanueva Translated from Spanish by Gustavo Rivera   I used to always bite my nails I sat in …
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    March 21, 2021 by The Citron Review

    by Salvador Villanueva Translated from Spanish by Gustavo Rivera     Salvador Villanueva, born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, in 1947, …
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    March 21, 2021 by The Citron Review

    by Salvador Villanueva Translated from Spanish by Gustavo Rivera   Bitter yes very bitter. In this orchard another rose was …
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    March 21, 2021 by The Citron Review

    by Salvador Villanueva Translated from Spanish by Gustavo Rivera   Now you’ll want to laugh to laugh jaw swinging to …
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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