Category Archives: Poetry

  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. Above Lake Zoar

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    April 29, 2026 by The Citron Review

    by Alex MacConochie   The bark stands out from the tree.Press a palm against a lightning scar,Slip your pinkie in …
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  9. When Rust is Under Us, We Curse the Sky

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    April 29, 2026 by The Citron Review

    by Tiffany Promise   In the front yard, horse placenta dissolvesin a mud puddle. The trough is riddled with algae …
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  10. Notes on the Poetry Selections

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    December 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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IMAGE: Books, Julia Thecla, American, 1896-1973, Olivia Shaler Swan Memorial Collection, Art Institute Chicago