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Rattle Poetry Prize

Conversation with
Iain McGilchrist

The Winter 2022 issue features our 11 Rattle Poetry Prize winners, including the 1st prize poem, “Shoes” by L. Renée. The open section features a rich mix of eclectic poetry, including reader-favorites Ted Kooser and Kwame Dawes, and a heroic crown of sonnets by Anna M. Evans that attempt to bridge our political divides.

The conversation section takes a deep dive into the divided brain with psychiatrist and philosopher Iain McGilchrist, who explains the role the two hemispheres, with their completely unique perspectives on the world, play in creativity. We also discuss how the modern world has come to be dominated by the left hemisphere’s narrow focus and how poetry might be an antidote to “the matter with things.”

	Open Poetry
	Raistlin Allen	Black Is Not a Color
	Tina Barry	The Little I Remember
	Richelle Buccilli	Dear Instagram
	Anders Carlson-Wee	Oscar’s Invention
	Danielle Carne	How to Become a Happy Woman, e.g.
	Stephen Cohen	The Closing List
	Brendan Constantine	Tralee, Ireland, Days Ago
	Kwame Dawes	The Sleep of Prophets
	Anna M. Evans	State of Grace
	Stephanie H. Fallon	Infidel
	Penny Harter	Ode to a Band-Aid
	T.R. Hummer	Surge
	Jasmine Khaliq	Brentwood, April 3rd
	Ted Kooser	Trailways
	Idman Omar	Complete Facts about a Woman I Love Dearly
	Foster Schrader	96th Street
	John Richard Smith	Regret Tattoos
	Martin Vest	Normal in Wyoming
	Joshua Eric Williams	In a Recent Dream, I Met Stephen King
	Jeanne Yu	Among the Baby Bok Choy
		Scintilla
	..
	Poetry Prize Winner
	L. Renée	Shoes
	..
	Finalists
	Francesca Bell	Conduction
	George Bilgere	Palimpsest
	Sarah Ederer	Basic Needs
	Jennifer Griffith	Augury
	Elizabeth Hill	Slut
	Richard Jordan	Diary Poems
	Shannan Mann	Your Hands
	Candace Moore	Projection
	Kaitlin Reynolds	Patsy
	B.A. Van Sise	Baseball
	..
	Conversation
	Iain McGilchrist (web)
	..
	Cover Art
	Maxwell Charteris