Tag Archives: Fall 2022
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on unlikely teams & broken s(t)eams
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by Jen Schneider the gal on lane eight wears a pink chiffon gown. neither prom nor traditional digs her …
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Benediction
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by Nancy Huggett What can I tell you about John, the third and oft-forgotten child? As a baby, he …
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It Took Courage For My Disowned Mother To RSVP Yes To Uncle’s Wedding
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by Eliot Li Mother bounces around to “The Humpty Dance,” throws punches at the air in front of Uncle. …
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Sand Dollar
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by Julia Watson Returning, she hugs the weeksback into our skin,places apologies in the dunes of our palms: brittleocean …
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It Explodes
1September 23, 2022 by The Citron Review
by Christy Tending Did you know that when you pour water onto a can full of boiling oil, it …
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Notes on the Poetry Selections
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Sometimes, quick as a slip, memory deposits us in a place we have not visited in years. I like to …
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Porca Miseria with Knife
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by Maura Alia Badji For Alfonso Congilosi & Carmine Starnino A genius of the curse, epithet spat in …
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P Is for Paradise Garden
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by William Woolfit The letter P descends from the Hebrew פ, pē, from the Greek π, pi, from the pucker …
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Bad Blood
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by William Woolfit In the woods behind our houses, we were boys crashing through briars, we were girls pressing …
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Before Carnival Cancel and Borders Close
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by Camille U. Adams 2020 Smiley’s skin was on the floor when they bust through the door. Her yellow …
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