Christopher Citro
@christophercitro.bsky.social
If We Had a Lemon We'd Throw It and Call That the Sun (2021) and The Maintenance of the Shimmy-Shammy (2015). Pushcart Prize (2018). Best New Poets (2014) Editorial Assistant @Seneca Review. https://christophercitro.com
Three days after the Beaver Moon, November 8, 2025 1:46 am
Syracuse, New York
Syracuse, New York
November 8, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Three days after the Beaver Moon, November 8, 2025 1:46 am
Syracuse, New York
Syracuse, New York
On such a blustery November afternoon, how lovely to review the galley proofs for my poem soon to appear in the Bennington Review!
November 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
On such a blustery November afternoon, how lovely to review the galley proofs for my poem soon to appear in the Bennington 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 helps take the sting out of having to go on...somehow...now that Halloween is over....
November 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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 helps take the sting out of having to go on...somehow...now that Halloween is over....
Given tonight's cold, wind, and rain, we weren't expecting much, but this was one of the best Halloweens for trick or treaters. Just goes to prove, they grow 'em tough here in the 'cuse.
(Video from before the storm arrived.)
(Video from before the storm arrived.)
November 1, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Given tonight's cold, wind, and rain, we weren't expecting much, but this was one of the best Halloweens for trick or treaters. Just goes to prove, they grow 'em tough here in the 'cuse.
(Video from before the storm arrived.)
(Video from before the storm arrived.)
Happy Halloween! 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Happy Halloween! 🎃
Another helpful new blog post from my sweetie's employee-side labor and employment law firm here in Syracuse, NY!
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October 29, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Another helpful new blog post from my sweetie's employee-side labor and employment law firm here in Syracuse, NY!
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What a joy to visit John Howard's Studies in Nonfiction class, where they've been reading my lyric essay "What You’re Thinking Now Is a Chunk of Marble" in the Southeast Review. Thank you to John and his students for their insights and generosity! You can read the essay here: tinyurl.com/yc2symbu
October 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
What a joy to visit John Howard's Studies in Nonfiction class, where they've been reading my lyric essay "What You’re Thinking Now Is a Chunk of Marble" in the Southeast Review. Thank you to John and his students for their insights and generosity! You can read the essay here: tinyurl.com/yc2symbu
Jumpin' jubilation! I just got my cream city review, with the poem "On a Planet of Gas and Dust and Smoky Mountains, Bird Calls" Steve Castro, Dustin Pearson, & I wrote together. Thank you to all at CCR for the beautiful things that you do!
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October 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Jumpin' jubilation! I just got my cream city review, with the poem "On a Planet of Gas and Dust and Smoky Mountains, Bird Calls" Steve Castro, Dustin Pearson, & I wrote together. Thank you to all at CCR for the beautiful things that you do!
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Reposted by Christopher Citro
"Our Lungs Fill and Empty" by @christophercitro.bsky.social: www.poetose.com/pub/our-lung...
Christopher Citro is the author of IF WE HAD A LEMON WE'D THROW IT AND CALL THAT THE SUN and THE MAINTENANCE OF THE SHIMMY-SHAMMY. Learn more at christophercitro.com
#poetry #poem
Christopher Citro is the author of IF WE HAD A LEMON WE'D THROW IT AND CALL THAT THE SUN and THE MAINTENANCE OF THE SHIMMY-SHAMMY. Learn more at christophercitro.com
#poetry #poem
October 12, 2025 at 12:51 AM
"Our Lungs Fill and Empty" by @christophercitro.bsky.social: www.poetose.com/pub/our-lung...
Christopher Citro is the author of IF WE HAD A LEMON WE'D THROW IT AND CALL THAT THE SUN and THE MAINTENANCE OF THE SHIMMY-SHAMMY. Learn more at christophercitro.com
#poetry #poem
Christopher Citro is the author of IF WE HAD A LEMON WE'D THROW IT AND CALL THAT THE SUN and THE MAINTENANCE OF THE SHIMMY-SHAMMY. Learn more at christophercitro.com
#poetry #poem
Harvest Supermoon Over Syracuse New York October 7 2025 1 am
October 7, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Harvest Supermoon Over Syracuse New York October 7 2025 1 am
Our Halloween 2025 Tableau - Fantasy on Sleepy Hollow
October 6, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Our Halloween 2025 Tableau - Fantasy on Sleepy Hollow
What a treat to get 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!
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October 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
What a treat to get 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!
@northamerreview.bsky.social
@northamerreview.bsky.social
Waxing Gibbous Moon Over Syracuse New York October 4 2025 12:30 am
October 4, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Waxing Gibbous Moon Over Syracuse New York October 4 2025 12:30 am
Goodbye Journal #120. Hello Journal #121! To the tune of passing cars running over black walnuts down in the street. *Pop!* *Pop-pop!*
October 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Goodbye Journal #120. Hello Journal #121! To the tune of passing cars running over black walnuts down in the street. *Pop!* *Pop-pop!*
The eyes of this golden langur monkey (Trachypithecus geei).
Oh my goodness...
Oh my goodness...
October 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The eyes of this golden langur monkey (Trachypithecus geei).
Oh my goodness...
Oh my goodness...
Yippee! 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 Poetose to see the handwritten version and the awesome other pieces they've published!
www.poetose.com/pub/our-lung...
Head on over to Poetose to see the handwritten version and the awesome other pieces they've published!
www.poetose.com/pub/our-lung...
October 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Yippee! 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 Poetose to see the handwritten version and the awesome other pieces they've published!
www.poetose.com/pub/our-lung...
Head on over to Poetose to see the handwritten version and the awesome other pieces they've published!
www.poetose.com/pub/our-lung...
A rare sighting of Comyns, the fox who lives in our woods, sunning himself in our backyard.
October 2, 2025 at 1:25 AM
A rare sighting of Comyns, the fox who lives in our woods, sunning himself in our backyard.
New to submitting to literary journals, looking for someone to walk you through the process?
Experienced submitter looking for some tips and strategies to freshen your process?
This is the class for you! It starts today! Register by 5 pm today to join us!
#Writing #WritersLife #WritingCommunity
Experienced submitter looking for some tips and strategies to freshen your process?
This is the class for you! It starts today! Register by 5 pm today to join us!
#Writing #WritersLife #WritingCommunity
September 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
New to submitting to literary journals, looking for someone to walk you through the process?
Experienced submitter looking for some tips and strategies to freshen your process?
This is the class for you! It starts today! Register by 5 pm today to join us!
#Writing #WritersLife #WritingCommunity
Experienced submitter looking for some tips and strategies to freshen your process?
This is the class for you! It starts today! Register by 5 pm today to join us!
#Writing #WritersLife #WritingCommunity
Huge thank you!! to the online journal Poetose for accepting my poem "Our Lungs Fill and Empty." I've been invited to handwrite the poem to be published next to a printed-text version, so I cranked up my fountain pen and fancy ink to have a go!
September 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Huge thank you!! to the online journal Poetose for accepting my poem "Our Lungs Fill and Empty." I've been invited to handwrite the poem to be published next to a printed-text version, so I cranked up my fountain pen and fancy ink to have a go!
Tonight I'm reading submissions for the Seneca Review. Our fall submission period is open now and closes November 1. So you've got a month left to send us something wonderful! 😀
@senecareview.bsky.social
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September 29, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Tonight I'm reading submissions for the Seneca Review. Our fall submission period is open now and closes November 1. So you've got a month left to send us something wonderful! 😀
@senecareview.bsky.social
@senecareview.bsky.social
I rarely submit to writing contests, so it's especially lovely news to learn that my poems were a finalist for Puerto del Sol's 2025 annual poetry contest. Huge thank you to everyone involved...and congratulations to the winner!
September 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I rarely submit to writing contests, so it's especially lovely news to learn that my poems were a finalist for Puerto del Sol's 2025 annual poetry contest. Huge thank you to everyone involved...and congratulations to the winner!
Submittin' poems to literary journals on a warm September afternoon to the sound of the local high school marching band coming from the stadium down the road.
September 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Submittin' poems to literary journals on a warm September afternoon to the sound of the local high school marching band coming from the stadium down the road.
*Pppsssttt!* There's 1 space left in my fall poetry workshop which begins tomorrow Wed Sept 24 at 6 pm Eastern Time. Room for you if you act quickly! 😉 Come join an awesome group of poets ready to write and workshop the autumn away!
#Writing #WritersLife #WritingCommunity #poetry
#Writing #WritersLife #WritingCommunity #poetry
September 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
*Pppsssttt!* There's 1 space left in my fall poetry workshop which begins tomorrow Wed Sept 24 at 6 pm Eastern Time. Room for you if you act quickly! 😉 Come join an awesome group of poets ready to write and workshop the autumn away!
#Writing #WritersLife #WritingCommunity #poetry
#Writing #WritersLife #WritingCommunity #poetry
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!
September 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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!
Final day to register! Join me for my FALL 2025 creative writing workshops on poetry, creative nonfiction, & submitting to literary journals! Classes from 6-8 PM ET on Zoom.
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September 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Final day to register! Join me for my FALL 2025 creative writing workshops on poetry, creative nonfiction, & submitting to literary journals! Classes from 6-8 PM ET on Zoom.
See for details & to register!
#Writing #WritersLife #WritingCommunity #poetry #essays
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