Tributes

In Praise of Laughter

Rattle / February 16, 2019

Where days bend and straighten in a city that belongs to no nation but all the nations of wind, she […]

Building Nicole’s Mama

Rattle / February 2, 2019

[audioplayer file=”https://admin.rattle.com/audio/SmithPBuilding.mp3″] for the 6th grade class of Lillie C. Evans School, Liberty City, Miami I am astonished at their

farm poems, Poems, Southern Poets, Tributes

At the Edge of the Hennessey Farm

Rattle / January 19, 2019

The Paint nickered, trotted toward us, lowered its broad soft nose to our dog, and I wondered why dogs and

Poems, Tributes, Underground Press

Centerfold Art

Rattle / January 17, 2019

It was 1968 & I was using paper masters to print poetry you’d type directly on them or draw with

Poems, Tributes, Underground Poets

The Rime of the Ancient Minotaur

Rattle / January 10, 2019

THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MINOTAUR I haven’t written anything in months. Sunshine, sunshine everywhere. I hate the sun, its

Boomer Girls, Poems, Tributes

Confessional

Rattle / January 5, 2019

I confess to having abused the ordinary details of personal days, to having used the world less, the self more,