Tag Archives: Poetry

  1. Notes on the Poetry Selections

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    December 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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  2. Through the Dark

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    December 21, 2019 by The Citron Review

    by David J. Bauman   after William Stafford I’d like a word with the white-tailed buck whose eyes followed mine …
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  3. First Poem

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    December 21, 2019 by The Citron Review

    by Richard Foerster   Into that city of silences, I carried my pursed heart, carried secrets crammed like threadbare clothes …
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  4. The Spinners

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    December 21, 2019 by The Citron Review

    by Shannon K. Winston   Early on, I learned how to put a spin on things—      something I …
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  5. Shelley’s Heart

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    September 23, 2019 by The Citron Review

    by Willa Schneberg   We talk how easy it is to jump holding hands, to die at the same moment, …
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  6. Fighting with God

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    September 23, 2019 by The Citron Review

    by Jennifer Woodworth   The Fight is Fair Draw a feeling from me or from what’s left of me, from …
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  7. Notes on the Poetry Selections

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    September 23, 2019 by The Citron Review

    As I write this letter for the fall issue, I am flying solo this week as my wife is in …
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  8. Litany in Praise of Fighting With Your Husband

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    September 23, 2019 by The Citron Review

    by Rachel Andoga   Praise the chili in its pot, the honest mistake of cayenne for chili powder. Praise the …
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  9. In the City of Zirma

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    September 23, 2019 by The Citron Review

    by Rachel Andoga There is no puma that some girl does not raise, as a whim. — Italo Calvino, “Cities …
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  10. My Daughter Haunts

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    June 21, 2019 by The Citron Review

    by David Galloway   My daughter haunts the house like a quiet poltergeist, moving through rooms leaving markers that she’s …
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IMAGE: Books, Julia Thecla, American, 1896-1973, Olivia Shaler Swan Memorial Collection, Art Institute Chicago