Author Archives: Christopher

My poems “Night But Unlike Night” and “Peel the Black Walnut Bark Like Small Fists in Our Fists” are in the new Colorado Review!

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Thrilled to receive my copy of the new Colorado Review with my poems “Night But Unlike Night” and “Peel the Black Walnut Bark Like Small Fists in Our Fists.” These poems mean a lot to me, and I think of them as a pair. I could not be more delighted that they found their home in CR, a journal close to my heart and which has been kind enough to publish a lyric essay of mine and two other poems before. Thank you Matthew Cooperman, Lauren Furman, Cecil Janecek, Stephanie G’Schwind, and everyone with a hand in making the always awesome Colorado Review!

Blackbird has accepted my poem “Birds and Stars Suite”!

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Wow!! Blackbird just accepted my poem “Birds and Stars Suite.” This is one of the long poems that I’ve been writing since the summer, and it’s a great shot in the arm to have this validation of my new experimentation. Thank you thank you thank you to Caroline Richards and everyone at Blackbird! This will be my second appearance in Blackbird, and I’m celebrating as jubilantly as that first one!

Announcing my late fall online poetry workshop!

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Friends! Announcing my late fall poetry workshop: “In the Landscape of Contemporary Poetry.” Warm up your end-of-year writing with my popular 6-week combination generative, craft, and workshop class via Zoom, with entirely new readings, prompts, and craft talks every time I teach it. Registration is now open. And it closes November 13. Class begins Wednesday November 15. Join us!

😀 Details & registration available http://christophercitro.com/private-classes/. Register soon as spaces fill quickly! 😀

I read my poem “Our Beautiful Life When It’s Filled with Shrieks” on WPBS on Tuesday!

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“I love you. I want us both to eat well.” 😀
Here’s the video of me reading my poem “Our Beautiful Life When It’s Filled with Shrieks” which was broadcast 2 days ago on WPBS Weekly: Inside the Stories. I hope you enjoy it!

http:// https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mElmdXMUrjw

My poem “In a Kingdom of Little Gusts and I Want Out” published at Fugue!

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I’m delighted to share the news that Fugue just published online my poem “In a Kingdom of Little Gusts and I Want Out.” This poem is particularly close to my heart. I hope you enjoy it. Thankyouthankyouthankyou to Maggie Nipps, Reid Davis and everyone at Fugue!

https://fuguejournal.com/in-a-kingdom-of-little-gusts-and-i-want-out-citro

“Sunlight Spun on Spools” accepted at Postcard Lit!

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What a delight to receive an acceptance today from Postcard Lit for “Sunlight Spun on Spools” a collaborative prose poem from the series I’ve been writing with Dustin Nightingale! Someday our poem will be available on a postcard along with original art inspired by the poem…which could not be more awesome. Thank you Postcard Lit!

My poem “Playing Baseball with a Pocket Knife” has been published online at LIT!

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My poem “Playing Baseball with a Pocket Knife” has just been published in the new online issue of LIT!
A poem about my dad and my mom and sitting in the backyard under the beechnut trees in the summer when I was a boy.
Thank you to Rebecca Endres & all the wonderful folks at LIT !

https://www.litmagazine.org/playing-baseball-with-a-pocket-knife/

My poem “In a Kingdom of Little Gusts and I Want Out” accepted at Fugue!

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Fugue just accepted my poem “In a Kingdom of Little Gusts and I Want Out” in an email which also said, “Our team was immediately drawn into your poignant imagery, attention to sound, and the submission’s human themes.” Golly, my heart is curled up on the floor purring. Thankyouthankyouthankyou to Reid Davis and everyone at Fugue!