Tag Archives: Summer 2026

  1. Beyond the Break

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    June 30, 2026 by The Citron Review

    by Liz deBeer   Limping to the ocean’s edge, my broken foot’s worried, wondering if the podiatrist would approve, but …
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  2. A Poem Not About Me

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    June 30, 2026 by The Citron Review

    by Karl Michael Iglesias   If we wait through the radiators, spillingwarm secrets like neighbors,our familiar bones will catch their …
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  3. Radiance

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    June 30, 2026 by The Citron Review

    by Susan Grimm   Beautiful girls stayed home with the meatloaf. Slipped out of their heart-shaped necklines, the crush of organza  …
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  4. Where the Orchard Ends

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    June 30, 2026 by The Citron Review

    by David Anson Lee   Apples split the ground,sweetness bruised by frost.Mist gathers where your laughter once stood,thinner now, but …
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  5. Instructions from an Owl at Dusk

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    June 30, 2026 by The Citron Review

    by David Anson Lee   We arrange our livesaround what we can name:cooling coffee,the clock’s small insistence.But the real workhappens …
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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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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