Category Archives: Poetry
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Kitchen Denizen
Leave a commentJune 22, 2017 by The Citron Review
By Anna Kelley It’s become absurd to imagine how others breathe air unadorned with scorched garlic— devoid of pungency, …
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The Shuttered House
1June 22, 2017 by The Citron Review
By Rochelle Jewel Shapiro It’s mid-afternoon, but from somewhere, an owl hoots. Once overturned bikes were thrown down on …
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Blood Quantum
1June 22, 2017 by The Citron Review
by Danielle Hale /bləd ‘kwän(t)əm/ noun a biological system that commodifies culture. half of my mother’s lineage added to …
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Disconnecting
Leave a commentJune 22, 2017 by The Citron Review
by Laton Carter In her white bikini and pretty brown skin, she waved goodbye to the oblong of the …
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9/32
Leave a commentJune 22, 2017 by The Citron Review
by Danielle Hale Someday, I will use nine months to grow another body. My blood will pump through her …
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No
Leave a commentJune 22, 2017 by The Citron Review
by Laton Carter The word no was replaced with a mushroom. The mushroom was largely the supermarket variety — …
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On Narrative and Spring
Leave a commentApril 17, 2017 by The Citron Review
Sometimes, we get an appetite for narrative. Of course, narrative remains popular among the kinds of poems we publish, but …
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On My Bed Thinking About You
Leave a commentApril 17, 2017 by The Citron Review
by Sergio A. Ortiz You, voiceless and buried in a long-forgotten childhood hideaway, a dark jungle where every tree …
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Sitting On An Antique Sofa In Westin, Massachusetts On A Summer’s Evening
Leave a commentApril 17, 2017 by The Citron Review
by Jennifer van Alstyne Yuri sits on mahogany bench & runs fingers Across keyboard, tests A-minor tri-tone Before Handel’s …
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Enough
Leave a commentApril 17, 2017 by The Citron Review
by Maria Terrone There are gray days in fall when occasional light burnishing the leaves is enough, and you …
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