Tag Archives: Summer 2020
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Leave a commentJune 21, 2020 by The Citron Review
by Holly Hagman The Atlantic City summer tastes of salt and stale cigar smoke. On the boardwalk, the flat …
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Weltschmerz
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by Eileen Vorbach Collins The Adirondack chair, until late, nothing more than a quaint decoration, has become my observatory. …
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Running on Empty
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by Marlene Olin The summer after eighth grade, Dad’s bookie got busted. My parents panicked. Dad thought what little …
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re·turn
1June 21, 2020 by The Citron Review
by Sarah Cedeño /rəˈtərn/ v. 1. Having dreamt of her husband again, after so long, almost chronically lying beside …
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Clothesline
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by Erin Jamieson I hang mama’s dress on the clothesline careful not to crease the cotton, willing the sun …
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Dianthus Clavelina, Sprout!
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by John Linstrom Darkling seed, paper-thin, consider all the growth you’ve seen: a shriveled tab three aphids wide erupted …
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Sunday Blues
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by Howie Good A lot of people feel depressed on Sundays, starting about 4 in the afternoon. I’m different. …
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This is How You Say Conflict
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by Dana De Greff When you’re in a new country, riding in the front seat of a truck passing …
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Tarot Reading: The Hanged Man (inverted)
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by Connie Wasem Scott It’s clear he’ll never be happy. He’s strung up by an ankle and hangs from …
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The Only Place I Could Live Is Here
1June 21, 2020 by The Citron Review
by Christina Simon Los Angeles is a place I will never leave, can never leave. My hometown, this metropolis …
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