Writer in Residence, Central State
I’m writing this from nowhere. Oklahoma
if you care. It’s not south, not west, not really
Midwest. Think of a hairless Chihuahua
on the shoulder of Texas
Awards
Awards, Poems, Pushcart Prize, Sonnets, Tributes
Motown Crown
The Temps, all swerve and pivot, conjured schemes that had us skipping school, made us forget how mamas schooled us
Awards, Poems, Pushcart Prize, Rattle Poetry Prize
The Only Surviving Recording of Virginia Woolf’s Voice
I’m not expecting to hear her speak, stopped as I am at a red light in Stoughton, Wisconsin, on the
Awards, Poems, Pushcart Prize, Rattle Poetry Prize
Crow-Magnon
Everybody’s dying this week, and for no good reason, that is, no money in it, and suddenly second opinions are
Awards, Poems, Pushcart Prize
Love
The truth about Klimt is: when he painted “The Kiss,” he was also beating his beautiful wife. He beat her
Announcements, Awards, Rattle Poetry Prize
2009 Rattle Poetry Prize Winners
Rattle is proud to announce the winner of the 2009 Rattle Poetry Prize: Lynne Knight Berkeley, CA for “To the