Howdy! Here’s a video of me reading my poem “Hawk Shadow Here to Help” which was published recently in The Kenyon Review.
Category Archives: Writing
Iron Horse Literary Review accepted my poem “Draw a Door There Draw a Door”
Iron Horse Literary Review accepted my poem “Draw a Door There Draw a Door” for their upcoming TOYS theme issue! Thank you Geffrey Davis, Jo Anna Gaona, and the entire IHLR staff!
My 2025 Publishing Year in Review!
With new year’s fast approaching, I thought I’d take a moment to reflect on the writing I’ve had accepted or published in 2025. It’s been a fortunate year for me, and I thank every one of the wonderful editors who made these publications possible! And thank you to the awesome poetry collaborators I’ve been lucky enough to write with!
3 poems in the new issue of The Glacier!
Hot golly! The new issue of The Glacier has arrived, containing 3 of my poems, and a seriously impressive roster of poetry, prose and art. Here’s one of my poems. I hope you’ll read the others online. HUGE thanks to David Dodd Lee and all the lovely people who make The Glacier.
Thank you Poetose for nominating for a Pushcart Prize my poem “Our Lungs Fill and Empty”
Thank you to Poetose for nominating my poem “Our Lungs Fill and Empty” for a Pushcart Prize. What an honor!
You can read the poem online, in both a typed and handwritten version, here:
https://www.poetose.com/pub/our-lungs-fill-and-empty-christopher-citro#
My poem “Why Our Bathtub Sparkles” in Water~Stone Review!
Hot golly! My contributor copies of the new Water~Stone Review arrived with my poem “Why Our Bathtub Sparkles” and thank you again to Jose Hernandez Diaz, Kayla Knoll, and Meghan Maloney-Vinz. This happy arrival in the mail helps take some of the sting out of having to go on…somehow…now that Halloween is over for another year….
Thank you to the students in Studies in Nonfiction!
What a joy to spend this morning Zoom-visiting John Howard’s Studies in Nonfiction class, where they have been reading and responding to my lyric essay “What You’re Thinking Now Is a Chunk of Marble” published in the Southeast Review. Thank you to John and his students for their insights and generosity!
The Southeast Review has made the entire essay available to read online:
https://www.southeastreview.org/single-post/38-2-christopher-citro
My poem “In Bed with Green Gels” in the new North American Review!
Showing off to some friends in my backyard my contributor’s copy of North American Review with my sunburn at the beach poem “In Bed with Green Gels.” Such an honor to appear in these pages for my 3rd time! HUGE thanks to Editor Jeremy Schraffenberger & everyone who helps make NAR so awesome!
My poem “Our Lungs Fill and Empty” published online at Poetose!
Poetose just published my short poem “Our Lungs Fill and Empty” in their online journal, alongside a handwritten version of the poem. Huge thanks to Poetose!
Head on over to see the poem in both versions…and the awesome other pieces they’ve published!
https://www.poetose.com/pub/our-lungs-fill-and-empty-christopher-citro#
Invisible Strings is up for a Grammy!
Hot golly! I’m in this anthology and the audiobook of Invisible Strings 113 Poets Respond to the Songs of Taylor Swift is in consideration for next year’s Grammy Awards. Wow wow wow! Congratulations to Editor Kristie Frederick Daugherty for making this project so awesome and such a success!