Rattle Poetry Prize

Conversation with
Diana Goetsch

The Winter 2017 issue of Rattle is wide open, featuring some of the best poems we’ve published all year, including Bill Glose’s epic war poem “Phases of Erasure,” and a long and energetic confession to the editors by Richard Prins. With special appearances by Barack Obama, Carlos Santana, and Emporer Nero, the open section is more eclectic than ever.

The issue also features “Heard” by Rayon Lennon, winner of the 2017 Rattle Poetry Prize, and the other ten finalist poems. As always, subscribers may vote for their favorite to win the annual Readers’ Choice Award.

In the conversation section, Alan Fox talks politics and publishing with Diana Goetsch, whose new chapbook, In America, was included with the issue free to all subscribers.

	Open Poetry
	Wendy Barker	Stuff
	Ariana Brown	In Defense of Santana’s …
	John Lee Clark	Slateku
	Brendan Constantine	Harping
	Alan C. Fox	Tilting at Windmills
	Fred Fox	Nero
	Jeannine Hall Gailey	Self-Portrait as Escape Artist
	Claudia Gary	In Binary
	Bill Glose	Phases of Erasure: A Soldier’s Journey
	Meredith Davies Hadaway	Genealogy
	Jamey Hecht	Aftermath
	Alan Jernigan	A Sudden Protector
	Lisa C. Krueger	My Will Be Done
	Alison Luterman	Gold Hat
	Dave Margoshes	Birthday
	Mary Morris	Intimate
	Sue O’Dea	The Sorrow’s Mine
	Richard Prins	Bless Me, Editor
	Jennifer Reeser	Formula for Frightening a Storm
	Christopher Soden	Immaculate
	Lolita Stewart-White	Please, Please, Please
	George Swede	Hands
	Mike White	Amen
	Jeff Worley	At the Annual Jeff Worley Reunion
	Poetry Prize Winner
	Rayon Lennon	Heard
	Finalists
	Barbara Lydecker Crane	Love Refrains
	Kayla Czaga	Girl Like
	Emari DiGiorgio	When You Are the Brownest White Girl
	Rhina P. Espaillat	How Tiresome
	Troy Jollimore	Upgrades
	Nancy Kangas	I Like Her
	Ron Koertge	Two Weeks with Pay
	Jimmy Pappas	Bobby’s Story
	Kirk Schlueter	Pain Is Weakness Leaving the Body
	Alison Townsend	The Beautiful Particulars
	Conversation
	Diana Goetsch
	Cover Art
	Laura McCullough