Tag Archives: Poetry
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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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St. Augustine Sits
Leave a commentMarch 21, 2021 by The Citron Review
by Michael Pittard next to me peeling my pear with his bitten fingernails the flesh receding at his gentle …
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by Salvador Villanueva Translated from Spanish by Gustavo Rivera I used to always bite my nails I sat in …
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by Salvador Villanueva Translated from Spanish by Gustavo Rivera Salvador Villanueva, born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, in 1947, …
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by Salvador Villanueva Translated from Spanish by Gustavo Rivera Bitter yes very bitter. In this orchard another rose was …
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by Salvador Villanueva Translated from Spanish by Gustavo Rivera Now you’ll want to laugh to laugh jaw swinging to …
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Revelation
1March 21, 2021 by The Citron Review
by Michael Pittard You can’t leave the radishes on the table because the sun will only devour them. Instead, …
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Gift Shop at the Museum of Fear
Leave a commentMarch 21, 2021 by The Citron Review
by Rikki Santer Rikki Santer’s poetry has received many honors including five Pushcart and three Ohioana book award nominations as …
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Each house in twilight, its own
Leave a commentDecember 22, 2020 by The Citron Review
by C M Taylor small country: bordered & boarded up invisibly against the outside, alien. When strangers cross our …
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Ascent of the Blessed (c. 1505-1515)
Leave a commentDecember 22, 2020 by The Citron Review
by James Kelly Quigley How can I describe it? More liquid than electric. Coals gleamed like eyes. It kept …
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