Rattle #47 features 25 poets writing in Japanese forms, and an extremely insightful conversation with haiku scholar Richard Gilbert about the often misunderstood form, and how it relates to Japanese culture. Spanning haiku, senryū, tanka, haibun, haiga, renku, and rengay, the issue demonstrates the wide range of possibilities that these forms allow, from Billy Collin’s witty seventeen-syllable haiku, to Michael Mejia’s photopoetic exploration of salaryman culture. It’s an issue full of deep insight and deft humor. It’s also the first time we’ve ever published collaborative poems—here we have two, including the lyrically stunning “Midday Heat” by Jonathan Weinert and Debra Kang Dean.
As if that weren’t enough, we’ve returned to our old habit of splitting issues, so #47 provides a dozen open poems to rattle you in the usual fashion.
TRIBUTE TO JAPANESE FORMS
Walter Bargen
Roberta Beary
David Bowles
Helen Buckingham
Billy Collins
Michael Luis Dauro
Debra Kang Dean
Peter Fiore
Richard J. Fleming
Richard Gilbert
Jeff Haas
Mariko Kitakubo
Jee Leong Koh
Deborah P. Kolodji
Timothy Liu
Bob Lucky
Michael Mejia
Marsh Muirhead
George Swede
Kenny Tanemura
Charles Tarlton
John Samuel Tieman
Jack Vian
Jonathan Weinert
Michael Dylan Welch
OPEN POETRY
Mike Bove
Jackson Burgess
Erik Campbell
Rhina P. Espaillat
L.M. Ferreira
Lola Haskins
John Herschel
Greg Kosmicki
Abby E. Murray
Christopher Presfield
Amber Rambharose
Rattle #47 features 25 poets writing in Japanese forms, and an extremely insightful conversation with haiku scholar Richard Gilbert about the often misunderstood form, and how it relates to Japanese culture. Spanning haiku, senryū, tanka, haibun, haiga, renku, and rengay, the issue demonstrates the wide range of possibilities that these forms allow, from Billy Collin’s witty seventeen-syllable haiku, to Michael Mejia’s photopoetic exploration of salaryman culture. It’s an issue full of deep insight and deft humor. It’s also the first time we’ve ever published collaborative poems—here we have two, including the lyrically stunning “Midday Heat” by Jonathan Weinert and Debra Kang Dean.
As if that weren’t enough, we’ve returned to our old habit of splitting issues, so #47 provides a dozen open poems to rattle you in the usual fashion.
TRIBUTE TO JAPANESE FORMS
Walter Bargen
Roberta Beary
David Bowles
Helen Buckingham
Billy Collins
Michael Luis Dauro
Debra Kang Dean
Peter Fiore
Richard J. Fleming
Richard Gilbert
Jeff Haas
Mariko Kitakubo
Jee Leong Koh
Deborah P. Kolodji
Timothy Liu
Bob Lucky
Michael Mejia
Marsh Muirhead
George Swede
Kenny Tanemura
Charles Tarlton
John Samuel Tieman
Jack Vian
Jonathan Weinert
Michael Dylan Welch
OPEN POETRY
Mike Bove
Jackson Burgess
Erik Campbell
Rhina P. Espaillat
L.M. Ferreira
Lola Haskins
John Herschel
Greg Kosmicki
Abby E. Murray
Christopher Presfield
Amber Rambharose