RATTLE THAT POETRY CAGE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’ve subscribed to Rattle in the past and loved it. Might do again. Billy Collins tells us in his poetry broadcast (via Facebook) that he subscribes so there’s another recommendation. Rattle is a quarterly journal coming out of the US with a number of opportunities including submissions to their print issues paying US$200 a poem. Interestingly they don’t say read us for what we publish but read us for what we haven’t published yet. Submissions received all year.

 

Each issue publishes Tribute poems — the current call is for poems by librarians for the Spring 2022 issue. Deadline is October 15. There is also an ekphrastic challenge where you are given a month to respond to an artist’s image. One poem will be selected by the artist and Rattle Editor Timothy Green for publication. Payment $100. Have a look at the image by Annie Kuhn — deadline is June 30.

Every Sunday and sometimes on a Wednesday as well, they publish a poem online under the heading Poets Respond. Must be written that week in response to a ‘public event.’ Deadline Fridays midnight PST (sorry I haven’t worked that out in Oz time yet). Payment $100. Turn over a new leaf — or an old one — and write a news related poem each week. Send it in. That all should keep you busy for a while.

So how did I get back to Rattle? Oh yes through Timothy's Rattlecast via Facebook. Poets Respond poems and interviews with featured poets. Livestream it (Sunday evenings his time) or catch it later on various platforms.