Author Archives: Christopher

“Setting Things Around Me Free” in Red Paint Hill

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My poem “Setting Things Around Me Free” has been published today online in Red Paint Hill Poetry Journal issue 10. It’s another collaborative prose poem in the series I’ve been writing with Dustin Nightingale. There’s audio of us reading the poem. We tried something different this time and each read it separately. I recorded Dustin reading over the phone. He asked me to put phone noises at the start of his version so people would know. It’s a beautiful issue as always packed with fantastic poetry and we’re jazzed to be a part of it — thank you Editor Stephanie Bryant Anderson and the whole Red Paint Hill Publishing crew!

Read and listen to the poem HERE.

“The Secret Lives of Little Girls” in The Doll Collection

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The snow has melted (again) and in my mailbox I’m delighted to find my contributor copy of The Doll Collection, an anthology of 88 poems about dolls from Terrapin Books, edited by Diane Lockward. In addition to my poem “The Secret Lives of Little Girls” – first published in Subtropics – this beautiful collection contains poetry by Paula Bonhice, Neil Carpathios, Denise Duhamel & Maureen Seaton, Alice Friman, Jeffrey Harrison, Christina Lovin, Denise Low-Weso, Kristine Ong Muslim, Sarah Rose Nordgren,  Emma Sovich, Susan Terris, Lee Upton, and many more!

Purchase a print or Kindle copy from Amazon HERE.

Cider Press Review & JuxtaProse

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The downside – this is what spring looks like in Syracuse right now.

The upside – thank you to Ruth Foley and the other editors of the Cider Press Review for accepting my poem “But I Live Here (Empty Place).”

And thank you to Ian Haver and the staff of JuxtaProse Literary Magazine for accepting “Gluing the Teapot Back Together Anyway” and “Run for Your Life but Don’t Forget to Tie Your Shoes” – two of the collaborative prose poems I’ve been writing with Dustin Nightingale.

“We Give Ourselves New Medals (We Give Ourselves a Chance)” in Poetry Northwest

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Hi friends. This gray Syracuse spring day can’t dim the excitement of flipping through my contributor copy of Poetry Northwest, which contains my poem “We Give Ourselves New Medals (We Give Ourselves a Chance)” along with poetry by Keith Leonard, Keetje Kuipers, Traci Brimhall, Zach Savich, Nance van Winckel, Christopher Kempf, Kelly Davio, Bruce Bond, Jeffrey Morgan, the list goes wonderfully on… Thanks so much Aaron Barrell and Kevin J Craft!

“Fetch Me That Jimson Weed” Published at Flash Flash Click

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I’m delighted to share the news that my prose poem “Fetch Me That Jimson Weed” has been published today at Flash Flash Click, a new online journal and weekly email for flash fiction, prose poetry, and the like. This poem is from an old series of mine called The Little Book of Monsters. It’s set in Syracuse NY and Lawrence KS and everything in it is true. Click HERE to read. Thanks so much Siel Ju!

“Setting Things Around Me Free” Accepted at Red Paint Hill

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It’s snowing again here in sunny Syracuse…sigh…but that can’t ruin the pleasure of sharing the news that “Setting Things Around Me Free” – one of the collaborative prose poems I’ve been writing with Dustin Nightingale – has been accepted at Red Paint Hill Poetry Journal. Thanks so much Stephanie Bryant Anderson and Red Paint Hill Publishing!

I’m Teaching a Spring Poetry Workshop at the Downtown Writer’s Center in Syracuse

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I’m excited to be teaching a poetry writing workshop called “The River That Speaks” this spring at The Downtown Writer’s Center in sunny Syracuse, NY.

The River That Speaks with Christopher Citro. Thursdays, 6:00-8:00. 8 weeks, starting April 21. “Nearly to Milan, suddenly a small bridge,/And water kneeling in the moonlight.” (Robert Bly). In this workshop, we’ll discuss the Deep Image and contemporary poets for whom the image is central, using prompts drawn from our reading to create new poems of our own. 

Registration is inexpensive and open to the public. To learn more about The Downtown Writer’s Center, download the spring class schedule, and register for this workshop, visit the Center’s website HERE. Feel free to share with anyone in the area who might be interested!

2 Poems in The Journal Volume 40.1

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I’m thrilled to announce that my poems “Holding My Head in Both My Hands” and “We Were Doing Fine and Then We Disappeared Completely” have just been published in volume 40.1 of The Journal. This wonderful issue also features poetry by J. Scott Brownlee, Jennifer L. Knox,Catherine Pond, Kevin Prufer and more, as well as fiction, nonfiction, an interview with Stuart Dybek and fantastic art by Boryana Rusenova-Ina. Thanks so much Mikko Harvey, Paige Quiñones, Willie VerSteeg, Zachary Leven, and Angela So!

2 Poems in The Fairy Tale Review

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Once upon a time, I received my contributor copies of Fairy Tale Review, and from the “This Book Belongs To: _____” on the first page to the “The End” on the last, it is a thing of dangerous and scintillating beauty. Bursting with poetry, nonfiction, stories, and art, The Ochre Issue contains my poems “Saving Myself (For Something)” and “We’re Actually Fabulous.” Thank you Jon Riccio, Joel Hans, and the other Fairy Tale Review two-headed lambs, kings, bears, queens, editors, goats, poor fisherfolk, glass dolls, lost children in the dark forest, etc.