Category Archives: Poetry

  1. Secret History of Depression Gulch

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    June 20, 2016 by The Citron Review

    by Jim Daniels Ever wake up inside the world’s thin shell and lie static with fear, knowing even the soft …
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  2. Willie Nelson’s Guitar

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    June 20, 2016 by The Citron Review

    by Judith Cody   Everything has a bottom physicists probably disagree as science offers invisible certainties that differ from all …
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  3. How to Avoid Depression When Leaving Paddy’s Irish Pub

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    June 20, 2016 by The Citron Review

    by Nate Pillman When you see coal smoke pump out factory pipes and the wind pull it horizontal, a T-square …
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  4. Son House

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    June 20, 2016 by The Citron Review

    by Jesse Breite   In morning, the Mississippi sky lanterns slow on fields, lined by rows. Light spears its bronzy …
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  5. Lucille

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    June 20, 2016 by The Citron Review

    by Jesse Breite – B.B. King plays Twist, Arkansas   In the night, the club shimmered off highway 42, Riley …
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  6. The Miracle of Sacred Hearts

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    June 20, 2016 by The Citron Review

    by Jim Daniels   Me, 34, her, 27, landed in Rome in January, to clear deep-water sky and the sweet …
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  7. The Traveler

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    April 4, 2016 by The Citron Review

    by Mariano Zaro   The mattress is in a corner, near the kitchen. A thin mattress that you roll out …
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  8. It Gets Better

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    April 4, 2016 by The Citron Review

    by Mary Meriam   You didn’t tell me it was all about the red ball of the sun, the sucking …
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  9. The Things You’ve Learned

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    April 4, 2016 by The Citron Review

    by Ayla-Monic McKay   That day, your best friend laughed. Your heart skipped and stumbled; the cold ocean at your …
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  10. Cardboard Jeff

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    April 4, 2016 by The Citron Review

    by Kenneth Pobo   When I told my best friend Ted that I liked guys, he stopped coming over.  I …
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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