Tag Archives: Poetry

  1. Falling Is the Deadest Thing (a cento)

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    September 23, 2021 by The Citron Review

    by Cate McGowan   All day long, we are in love with water. I don’t want to say anything. What …
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  2. (who) (what) (when) (where) (why) template

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    June 20, 2021 by The Citron Review

    by Beth Gordon   china cupboard mouse/attic mockingbird the changing light ignored/the nearest star swallowed/the furthest star impaled/ (confront the …
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  3. Portrait of a Young Man, 1919

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    June 20, 2021 by The Citron Review

    by Lane Fields   John walked back from the dock, hands stuffed in his jacket, pistol & medal of the …
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  4. Wisps

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    June 20, 2021 by The Citron Review

    by Suchita Hariharan   Remember: curling up next to your grandmother on humid summer nights eyes fixed on the whirring …
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  5. Notes on the Poetry Selections

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    June 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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  6. La Zenia

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    June 20, 2021 by The Citron Review

    by Ross Thompson   Late evening, and swimmers are bathing in sepia waves, braving the breakers of Mediterranean water, warm …
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  7. Ashes with Hindsight

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    June 20, 2021 by The Citron Review

    After Ashes, Steve McQueen, Tate Modern, London, UK by Emma Lee   Looking out to the sunny, calm horizon, one …
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  8. (Antenna) (Whiskey) Template

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    June 20, 2021 by The Citron Review

    by Beth Gordon   Unravel the seaweed around your ankles:  ankles laced with brine. Gather the wind as bright as …
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  9. Notes on the Poetry Selections

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    March 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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  10. St. Augustine Sits

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    March 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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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