Tag Archives: The Citron Review

  1. The Day After

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    December 29, 2023 by The Citron Review

    by Melissa Witcher   Luiza has identified only one solution; she simply must go out.  She smooths her sleek shoulder-length …
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  2. Notes on the Poetry Selections

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    December 29, 2023 by The Citron Review

    It was 63 degrees in Las Vegas today, but the palm trees are still covered in holiday lights that tell …
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  3. What the Tides Reveal

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    October 1, 2023 by The Citron Review

    by Eric Scot Tryon   The jellyfish lay lifeless on the sand. No longer an ocean ballerina, now a jello …
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  4. The One Year I Broke My Glasses at Bled Fest

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    October 1, 2023 by The Citron Review

    by Liam Strong   Tiny Moving Parts, the Minnesotan punk band, often came off as a sexual play-on-words to me. …
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  5. How to Eat a Plum

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    October 1, 2023 by The Citron Review

    by Tina Kimbrell   First, have a head cold so you won’t taste anything but will feel the pop of …
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  6. A Dahlia or Something

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    October 1, 2023 by The Citron Review

    by Tina Kimbrell   The nurses have turned the TV in my mom’s room to a constant loop of nature …
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  7. Lessons Learned

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    October 1, 2023 by The Citron Review

    by Katy Goforth   The sound of waves sends uneasiness throughout my body, settling in my nerve endings and flicking …
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  8. How I Lose Him Before I Lose Him

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    October 1, 2023 by The Citron Review

    by Lisa K. Buchanan   After an absence of twenty-nine years, my mother walks into my father’s living room without …
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  9. Spice

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    October 1, 2023 by The Citron Review

    by Barbara Phillips   Boarding an airplane bound for the Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon Fiesta – decades after the iconic poster …
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  10. Instructions

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    October 1, 2023 by The Citron Review

    by Meg Thompson   If I am ever in a car accident, I tell my husband, it will be during fall …
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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