Category Archives: Poetry

  1. Notes on the Poetry Selections

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    September 23, 2020 by The Citron Review

    As I write this note for the fall issue, pileated woodpeckers are destroying my house. Beautiful creatures they are, and …
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  2. Notes on the Micros

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    September 23, 2020 by The Citron Review

    Sometimes we blow the bubble. It has to be big enough to hold us in. To keep the unwanted realities …
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  3. At the Psyche Mirror

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    September 23, 2020 by The Citron Review

    by Hannah Kroonblawd   the music room ceiling is first to catch fire   citrus wood and ivory splitting in …
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  4. Vesper

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    September 23, 2020 by The Citron Review

    by Lindsey Warren   Hyacinths like microphones emerge from the topsoil to broadcast the motives of light, the angels you …
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  5. Ghost Bird

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    September 23, 2020 by The Citron Review

    by Michele Karas   A Great Egret approaches the field, her yellow beak spearing the mist. Am I awake or …
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  6. Like a Balcony

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    September 23, 2020 by The Citron Review

    by Fasasi Abdulrosheed Oladipupo   Like a balcony I see that I wish to see. The birds departing the snapping …
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  7. Growing Up

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    September 23, 2020 by The Citron Review

    by Michele Reese   When paring oranges, my mother used to turn the rind into a snake. She would stand …
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  8. Dianthus Clavelina, Sprout!

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    June 21, 2020 by The Citron Review

    by John Linstrom   Darkling seed, paper-thin, consider all the growth you’ve seen: a shriveled tab three aphids wide erupted …
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  9. Tarot Reading: The Hanged Man (inverted)

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    June 21, 2020 by The Citron Review

    by Connie Wasem Scott   It’s clear he’ll never be happy. He’s strung up by an ankle and hangs from …
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  10. Notes on the Poetry Selections

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    June 21, 2020 by The Citron Review

    Summer 2020 is a tumultuous time in our nation’s history and the world. Not one person has emerged unscathed, and …
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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