Open Poetry

Conversation with
Lester Graves Lennon

Rattle #50 is entirely open issue, and once again the poets sing as they explore the complexities of contemporary life from every angle. Atheists pray, particles entangle, and hummingbirds philosophize drunkenly. Issue #50 is a kind of anniversary, and we celebrate with our best collection of poetry yet.

The winter issue also features the 2015 Rattle Poetry Prize winner, Tiana Clark’s $10,000 poem “Equilibrium,” along with the ten finalists. And as always, subscribers may vote for the runner up.

In the conversations section, Alan Fox discusses poetry and life with investment banker, poet, and creator of the Lennon lyric, Lester Graves Lennon.

	Open Poetry
	D.M. Aderibigbe	The Origin of Kindness
	Rachael Briggs	A Total Non-Apology
	Michael Brosnan	Cocktail Hour
	Christopher Buckley	The Theory of Everything …
	Thomas Carrigan	The Orb Weaver
	Paul Cummins	Show Up
	Richard Donnelly	New Country
		The Movies
	Doris Ferleger	Sometimes
	Dennis Finnell	The Kneeling Man
	Glenn Freeman	Internet Word of the Day …
	Dan Gerber	Summers with Martha
	Maria Mazziotti Gillan	“It’s Been a Week …
	Pat Hanahoe-Dosch	Surrender
	Kimberly G. Jackson	Entanglement
	Jennifer Jean	Bird
	Amaris Feland Ketcham	Rufous Hummingbird
	Lynne Knight	The Twenty-Year Workshop
	Lester Graves Lennon	Fantasy Football
	Jeffrey McRae	Cognitive Dissonance
	Amy Newell	Todestrieb
	Rolli	Three Poems
	Rachel Rose	The Prayer
	Ed Shacklee	So We Beat Them
	Saint James Harris Wood	Donts and Dews
	Jeff Worley	How to Read Billy Collins
	Poetry Prize Winner
	Tiana Clark	Equilibrium
	Finalists
	Christopher Citro	Our Beautiful Life …
	Rhina P. Espaillat	Work in Progress
	Jennifer Givhan	The Glance
	Valentina Gnup	Morning at the Welfare Office
	Red Hawk	Old Age Requires …
	David Kirby	More Than This
	Travis Mossotti	Yesterday
	Cherise A. Pollard	Sugar Babe
	Melissa King Rogers	Deus ex Machina
	Patricia Smith	Elegy
	Conversation
	Lester Graves Lennon
	Cover Art
	Uriél Dana & Gage Taylor