Category Archives: Poetry

  1. My Muse is in remission

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    September 14, 2012 by The Citron Review

    by Laura E. Davis   She’s gone ice fishing, I guess. Or maybe she’s taken a lover. That’s ok. I …
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  2. Instructions for Cooking Asparagus

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    September 14, 2012 by The Citron Review

    by Ashley Seitz Kramer   Your lover has requested palm hearts, which is the loveliest vegetable you’ve ever imagined (a …
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  3. Black Friday

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    September 14, 2012 by The Citron Review

    by Terry Lucas   At six a.m. I turn into the mall parking lot, steer around speed bumps, nose the …
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  4. How to Kick Plants

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    September 14, 2012 by The Citron Review

    by Tom Emanny   You need the right shoes. Avoid nylon space boots and leather. Cotton and canvas are best, …
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  5. Copulae

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    September 14, 2012 by The Citron Review

    by David K. Wheeler   Be it rapid in darkness Be it quiet in mornings held ransom from bleak hours …
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  6. Flowing with a river

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    September 14, 2012 by The Citron Review

    by Haris Adhikari   I flowed with a river but found— not the liberation I sought. What I realized was …
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  7. The Man Remembers the Only Cummerbund He Has Ever Worn

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    September 14, 2012 by The Citron Review

    by Charles Rafferty   My date had a wrist corsage — another first and last time confused with brandy. Her …
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  8. Two Poems

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    September 14, 2012 by The Citron Review

    by Mark DeCarteret   auto-tune too much has been made about reality recently– the mind and its tagged dome, its …
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  9. More Unexplained Phenomena

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    June 15, 2012 by The Citron Review

    by Jon Boisvert   A woman at the park throws a fried chicken wing to some seagulls by the pond. …
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  10. Cut

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    June 15, 2012 by The Citron Review

    by Priscilla Atkins   The painting instructor said white is really hard to improve on; perfect blank of soaked and …
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