Author name: Rattle

A Man Is Not Supposed to Give in to Tears

Rattle / November 2, 2009

Especially when reading a book review in Starbucks A therapist might call it depression But I don’t give a damn […]

Rattle / November 1, 2009

Fire blight has infected her apple trees again. The milky ooze drips as stigmata from the infected blossoms. In her

Rattle / October 31, 2009

—for Diana Bridge Our mothers: we’ve described symptoms you rarely share outside the family home and not often there: a

Rattle / October 30, 2009

Review by Jeffrey C. Alfier WITH THE LIGHT OF APRICOTS by Larry D. Thomas Lily Press 2007, 20 pp. Free

Rattle / October 28, 2009

It is that moment when the moon is a glaring crescent, slowly engulfed by the impending night— when the few

Rattle / October 27, 2009

—for Edward Hopper Red chair. The human sacrifice, a perfect desert, outside the window (window the leash on the decay