Tag Archives: Poetry

  1. What the Ocean Keeps

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    June 30, 2026 by The Citron Review

    by David Anson Lee   Before dawn, the beachholds its breath.Waves lift pale light from the horizonand leave behind sea …
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  2. Mutation

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    June 30, 2026 by The Citron Review

    by Savannah Slone   I’m not here to write about cicadas, but I’m glad you are because they’re my favorite …
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  3. At the end of the street, a bird

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    June 30, 2026 by The Citron Review

    by Anne Yarbrough   hidden       in magnolia        floated a note out of reach      above the street— I could not …
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  4. The Hollyhocks Are Blooming

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    June 30, 2026 by The Citron Review

    by Jessica Willingham   I want to crawl inside Georgia O’Keefe’s tunic, smell paint and Santa Fe, hot-bake desert sun, …
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  5. Alchemy

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    April 29, 2026 by The Citron Review

    by Katie Kemple   My husband wakes early on Sunday,disappears downstairs to beginthe alchemy of flour, salt and water,to raise …
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  6. Reading “Ave Maria” A Day After Frank O’Hara’s Birthday

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    April 29, 2026 by The Citron Review

    by Spencer Silverthorne   I remember learning the word condonewhen a devout family member declared shame at a third cousin’s …
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  7. Ruins

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    April 29, 2026 by The Citron Review

    by Katie Kemple   Before I entered the MRI, they gave me headphonesto dull the machine sounds that jackhammereda tartan …
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  8. Flee

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    April 29, 2026 by The Citron Review

    by Jennifer LeBlanc   An erasure of Sir Thomas Wyatt’s “They Flee From Me” For screen reader accessibility: seekin my …
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  9. What the Clouds Have Said

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    April 29, 2026 by The Citron Review

    by Peter Chiu Those low clouds huddle close,      lingering ghosts like              a …
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  10. Ginkgo Leaf

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    April 29, 2026 by The Citron Review

    by Peter Chiu Trace the path of a floating ginkgo leaf        as it falls from a wet …
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