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Open Poetry

Conversation with
Maria Mazziotti Gillan

Rattle #46 is another entirely open issue, and we’ve put together another eclectic mix that will make you laugh and sigh in equal measure. Steve Henn considers a colon cleanse, Ron Koertge plagiarizes a prose poem, and Tanya Ko touches you with her honesty. With cameos by Lana Del Rey, Oprah, and Robert Frost, you’ll never know what to expect from one poem to the next, other than that all of them are worth reading again.

The winter issue also features the 2014 Rattle Poetry Prize winner, Craig van Rooyen’s $5,000 poem “Waiting in Vain,” along with the ten finalists. And as always, subscribers may vote for the runner up.

In the conversations section, Timothy Green discusses poetry and life with the inspiring Maria Mazziotti Gillan.

	Open Poetry
	Michael Bazzett	The Everyday
	Heather Bell	I Have This Fantasy
	Cortney Lamar Charleston	A Brief History of Poetry
	Steven Dondlinger	Do Not Walk Outside This Area
	Megan Falley	Lana Del Rey Intervenes …
	Alan Fox	Howard’s Funeral
	Jackie Fox	Autobiography
	Hannah Gamble	Biscuit
		Edifying Just to See
	Tony Gloeggler	The Last Time I Used the N Word
	Jessica Goodfellow	Wakening
	Steve Henn	Slurry Cleanse
	Joel F. Johnson	An Idea She Got from Oprah
	Tanya Hyonhye Ko	Dear Yeobo,
	Ron Koertge	Town Crier
		Q & A
	Greg Kosmicki	Saturday Morning 6-22-2013
	Len Krisak	Alimentum
	Rebecca Lehmann	Godfather Death
	Christopher McCurry	The Man Who Was Thursday
	Amy Miller	A Lullaby
	Matt Muth	Lesbians or Exchange Students
	James Proffitt	A Six-Box & Dried Legumes
	Charles Rafferty	The Reductionist
	Mather Schneider	The Roofers
	Jesse Valentine	Divorce and Astronauts
	Maceo J. Whitaker	The Robert Frost Kickball Club
	Poetry Prize Winner
	Craig van Rooyen	Waiting in Vain
	Finalists
	Josh Bontrager	My Father Worked Piece-Rate …
	Samantha Deal	Taxonomy of an Automobile …
	Courtney Kampa	Poems About Grace
	Stephen Kampa	How to Meet the Love …
	James Davis May	The Reality Auction
	Jack Powers	Holy Shitballs!
	Sarah Pemberton Strong	A Story
	Wendy Videlock	The Night Relies
	Mike White	Fathers
	Shangrila Willy	The Nightly Villanelle …
	Conversation
	Maria Mazziotti Gillan
	Cover Art
	James Bernal