Tag Archives: Micro Poetry

  1. Two micropoems

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    December 22, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Dmitry BlizniukTranslation: Sergey Gerasimov   It’s so easy to breathe after rain.God has just fed his fish. *** Early …
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  2. Tomorrow, Tonight

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    December 22, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Tom Walsh   Tomorrow, we’ll pull on our boots, roll up our sleeves, and pick through the cinders of …
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  3. Psalm

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    December 22, 2025 by The Citron Review

    by Samantha Marie Daniels   Baptized by the firstrainy day of the season—I’m looking for you,O Lord, but I can’t …
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  4. Runny Eggs Make Sunny Mornings

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    March 21, 2022 by The Citron Review

    by Jessica Khailo   In those days when I began creating my meanings out of symbols and not matter. Everything …
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  5. Burning Leaves

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    March 21, 2022 by The Citron Review

    by Kip Knott   The match stutters, catches on the word “fire” before flames compel the fallen leaves to sing …
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  6. Somniphobia

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    March 21, 2022 by The Citron Review

    by Kip Knott   Not even the wind gives up the sound of death’s wings, the way a shadow never …
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  7. lunar

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    March 21, 2022 by The Citron Review

    by Frenci Nguyen   i map my soul in grains of sand: the nights we huddled up in tents on …
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  8. Taxonomy of Shields

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    June 20, 2021 by The Citron Review

    by Erin Murphy   Plastic eyepatch after cataract surgery. Burglar alarms, pepper spray, air bags. Antibacterial wipes, vitamins, a seat …
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  9. Sir Isaac Newton’s ROYGBIV

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    June 20, 2021 by The Citron Review

    by Sierra Nelson   In the sluice and slurry of a rainbow, blurry colors red to violet don’t neatly divide. …
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  10. Taxonomy of Quests

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    June 20, 2021 by The Citron Review

    by Erin Murphy   Quixote charging vicious windmills. Prince Charming and his glass slipper  mission. A widower sweeping the beach  …
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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