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Notes on the Poetry Selections
Leave a commentMarch 21, 2022 by The Citron Review
My family just moved to Nashville. Moving is a hard time, but one that is exciting because you replace a …
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Notes on the Poetry Selections
Leave a commentDecember 22, 2021 by The Citron Review
When I think about the poems of Citron’s winter issue, one word that comes to mind is curiosity. Curiosity, I …
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Notes on the Poetry Selections
Leave a commentSeptember 23, 2021 by The Citron Review
The gerund moving and the infinitive to move have different connotations. Moving conjures a range of pathos, from how-exciting-it-is-to-be-getting-out-of-here! or to-someplace-new! …
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Notes on the Poetry Selections
Leave a commentJune 20, 2021 by The Citron Review
As I write this letter, it is humid in North Carolina, even in Asheville. In other parts of the state …
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Notes on the Poetry Selections
1March 21, 2021 by The Citron Review
The other day, I was teaching a creative writing class and showed Charlotte Pence’s “Consciousness” on the overhead, as I …
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Notes on the Poetry Selections
Leave a commentDecember 20, 2020 by The Citron Review
This fall has been good for reading. At semester’s end, I am fortunate to have time to reread old favorites …
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Notes on the Poetry Selections
Leave a commentSeptember 23, 2020 by The Citron Review
As I write this note for the fall issue, pileated woodpeckers are destroying my house. Beautiful creatures they are, and …
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Notes on the Poetry Selections
Leave a commentJune 21, 2020 by The Citron Review
Summer 2020 is a tumultuous time in our nation’s history and the world. Not one person has emerged unscathed, and …
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Notes on the Poetry Selections
Leave a commentMarch 19, 2020 by The Citron Review
“Focus, too, on small occurrences” is something I told my creative writing class this week. We were having a discussion …
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Notes on the Poetry Selections
1December 21, 2019 by The Citron Review
I still have my childhood stocking. It reads ERIC in white letters, stitched on a green background with a plump …
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