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/
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!
Oh my goodness!!! My contributor copy of 32 Poems just arrived, with my poem “A Wolf Chases Honestly Bites You” along with poems by so many of my favorite poets! What a joy! Thank you to George David Clark, Elizabeth Clark, and everyone at 32 Poems.
Awesome! LIT just accepted my poem “Playing Baseball with a Pocket Knife.” Huge thank yous to Rebecca Endres & Richard Berwind and everyone at LIT.
And thank you to my dad for teaching me this game on our backyard picnic table when I was little…and I never even chopped off any of my fingers or toes while playing it, go figure!
I’m delighted to receive my contributor copy of this year’s Rhino with my poem “The Groundhog Full of Yellow Roses” Huge thanks to everyone at Rhino! And thank you also to Gary, our backyard groundhog, for the inspiration.
Awesome afternoon getting new author photos taken along with my fellow Downtown Writers Center faculty by the wonderful Marc Safran Photography in Syracuse!
I’m delighted to share this 3rd poem video I’ve made with my nephew Brian Citro: “One Light in a Field of Other Lights”
Poem by Christopher Citro
Music by Brian Citro
Video by Christopher
Announcing my 2 private summer Zoom workshops starting in July: my poetry workshop “In the Landscape of Contemporary Poetry” & my “Creative Nonfiction Workshop.”
Both classes have all new readings and materials each time I teach them.
Heat up your writing this spring! Join us!
Details & registration available http://christophercitro.com/private-classes/.
Register soon as spaces fill quickly!
I’m delighted to share that today I’ve had 2 poems published in the new issue of Sweet, complete with audio of me reading them: “It’s Only Me the Toyota with the Bungeed Muffler” and “I Want To Reach Out and Hold Your Reach Out.” Huge thanks to Andy Braithwaite, Katie Riegel, Chelsea Dingman, and everyone at Sweet!
https://sweetlit.org/christopher-citro-volume-15/
Yippee! Kettle Pond Writers Conference is back for 2023, and I’ll be teaching there again! There’s still time to apply for the writing residency, June 17-24! Join us for a week in the Adirondacks with readings, craft lectures, generative workshops, and plenty of time to write by the lake. A wonderful week of writing in a magical place surrounded by inspiring people. Join us!
More information here: https://www.kettlepondwriters.com
