Archive for September, 2008
Saturday, September 20th, 2008
“Howlin’ Moon” by Christine Wideman
Christine Wideman, R.N. HOWLIN’ MOON must be a howling full moon tonight because everybody is streaming through my hospital and just howling crazy after 15 years in this job there isn’t much that surprises me anymore lets face it being sick brings out the very best and absolute worst in patients and their families and [...]
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Friday, September 19th, 2008
“Midwifing My Father” by Shawna Swetech
Shawna Swetech, RN MIDWIFING MY FATHER For Brooks Staton, 1/15/15 – 6/14/05 I sit alone at his convalescent home bedside. His eyes are unfocused, unblinking. I feel his wrist, the pulse rapid and thready. His breath is heavy, sharp, with a death rattle—a sound only recognized by ones familiar with life’s end. I’ve helped deliver [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Poems,Tributes by Timothy Green
Thursday, September 18th, 2008
“Lessons” by Scott Weaver
Scott Weaver LESSONS Her left hand that played Chopin at the faintest hint hit my mouth as quick. I sat next to her, fierce with another lesson’s [...]
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Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
WHAT LOVE COMES TO by Ruth Stone
Reviewed by Gilbert Purdy WHAT LOVE COMES TO: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS by Ruth Stone Copper Canyon Press PO Box 271 Building 313 Fort Worden State Park Port Townsend WA 98368 ISBN 1-55659-271-3 2008, 383 pp., $32.00 cloth www.coppercanyonpress.org The Belle of Goshen The first letters of the lines of Ruth Stone’s poem “Acrostic” spell [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in E-Reviews by Timothy Green
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
“Still Life” by Jessicca Daigle Vidrine
Jessicca Daigle Vidrine STILL LIFE is the night I decided to drive back to our old house. I had danced all night in a bar where someone slipped his arm around my waist and whispered in my ear that I was beautiful. I thought about taking him to a motel so I could hear more [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Poems by Timothy Green
Monday, September 15th, 2008
2008 Rattle Poetry Prize Winners
Rattle is proud to announce the winner of the 2008 Rattle Poetry Prize: Joseph Fasano Goshen, NY for “Mahler in New York” Honorable Mentions: “The Neighbors” – Phyllis Abloaf, San Francisco, CA “After Six” – Meghan Adler, San Francisco, CA “Dear IRS” – John Brehm, Boulder, CO “The Tulip Tree” – Ted Gilley, North Bennington, [...]
9 Comments » - Posted in Announcements by Timothy Green
Monday, September 15th, 2008
“Man on Fire” by Martin Vest
Martin Vest MAN ON FIRE At first he looked nice lying in the hearth. On the end of a torch he kept Frankenstein away. He lit the streets on a dark walk from a seedy bar. When you wanted to dance he danced. When you wanted to sleep he was a lamp that wouldn’t shut [...]
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Sunday, September 14th, 2008
“Her Brother’s Pickhole” by Kathleen Walsh Spencer
Kathleen Walsh Spencer, MSN, RN, MA HER BROTHER’S PICKHOLE He still wounds himself every day for five decades now, breakfast till bed, his index finger spins tight circles at a spot on his crown the size of a Cheerio. Hunched over pancakes, driving the toll road, typing with one hand, the left hand always returns [...]
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Saturday, September 13th, 2008
DISCLAMOR by G.C. Waldrep
Review by Cameron Conaway DISCLAMOR by G.C. Waldrep BOA Editions, LTD 250 N. Goodman Street, Suite 306 Rochester, NY 14607 ISBN: 978-1-929918-97-3 2007, 99 pp., $16.00 www.boaeditions.org Prior to beginning this review, I placed my computer and Disclamor on the patio table to begin writing. My cell phone rang. I ran in the house to [...]
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Friday, September 12th, 2008
“The Traffic of Tulips” by S Stephanie
S Stephanie, LPN THE TRAFFIC OF TULIPS —for Nelson We have waited too long for Spring, a little sun, any small sign during this white of white Februaries would sustain us, Nelson and me. We are tired of the chicken soup, the second helpings of apple pie, the bulk of our sweaters, his detailed descriptions [...]
