Rattlecast

A Livestreaming Poetry Reading and Podcast

We’re bringing a new poet into your pocket every week with the Rattlecast. Part interview and part reading, with a prompt-based open mic, it’s a casual way to hangout with Rattle editor Timothy Green and all of our friends in poetry around the world. The Rattlecast livestreams—usually Mondays at 8pm ET / 5pm PT, though the schedule sometimes varies. Please go to our YouTube channel and click “Subscribe.” Every show is simulcast to Facebook and Twitter. An audio version is available on iTunesSoundcloudSpotify, Amazon, and other podcasting apps—search for “Rattlecast” on your favorite.

Each Rattlecast begins with a Poets Respond Live segment, featuring poems about the news, and also features a writing prompt at the end of the show, and open lines for poems written for the last week’s prompt. To participate, just send your poem to promptlines [at] rattle [dot] com so it can be shown on-screen. Then, join in on Zoom during the last half of the show—a link will be provided in the chat windows on YouTube and Facebook. Submit your prompt poems here by the end of the month to be considered for the Prompt Poem of the Month.

Next Week’s Prompt: Write a poem set in spring that includes personification.

Upcoming Schedule

(all times Eastern, unusual times bolded)

Monday, April 1st, 8pm: Doug Ramspeck
Tuesday, April 9th, 8pm: George Bilgere
Monday, April 15th, 8pm: Kim Stafford
Monday, April 22nd, 8pm: Tribute to Gerald Locklin
Monday, April 29th, 8pm: Richard Garcia
Monday, May 6th, 8pm: Annie Finch

Archive

Ep. Guest Audio/Video
#238 José E.O. Reyes YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#237 Raymond Hammond YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#236 James Crews YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#235 Erica Reid YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#234 Michael Meyerhofer YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#233 Sally Ashton YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#232 Joshua Eric Williams YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#231 George David Clark YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#230 Rimas Uzgiris YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#229 Diana Goetsch YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#228 Tim Seibles YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#227 Miracle Thornton YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#226 Matthew Buckley Smith YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#225 Debra Marquart YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#224 Gaetan Sgro YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#223 Greg Kosmicki YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#222 Bob Hicok YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#221 Joshua Mensch YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#220 Carrie Shipers YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#219 Prartho Sereno YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#218 Jamaica Baldwin YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#217 Christina Kallery YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#216 Brian Turner YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#215 Maryann Corbett YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#214 Jane Hirshfield YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#213 Arthur Russell YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#212 Anders Carlson-Wee YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#211 Penny Harter YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#210 Lana Hechtman Ayers YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#209 Elizabeth McMunn-Tetangco YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#208 Pedro Poitevin YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#207 Jane Clarke YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#206 Natalie Padilla Young YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#205 Dante Di Stefano YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#204 Ana María Caballero YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#203 Sasha Stiles YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#202 Bruce Weigl YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#201 Virgil Suárez YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#200 NFT Poets YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#199 Barbara Hamby YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#198 Ruth Bavetta YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#197 Shawn R. Jones YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#196 Francesca Bell YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#195 Anne Casey YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#194 Frank Dullaghan YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#193 Michael Favala Goldman YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#192 New Voices YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#191 Tresha Faye Haefner YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#190 Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#189 Alexis Rhone Fancher YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#188 Dick Westheimer YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#187 John W. Evans YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#186 Rachel Custer YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#185 Jennifer Reeser YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#184 James Davis May YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#183 Abby E. Murray YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#182 Sarah Etlinger YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#181 Open Lines YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#180 Michael Dylan Welch YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#179 Nicelle Davis YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#178 A.E. Hines YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#177 Sonia Greenfield YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#176 Angela Voras-Hills YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#175 Emily Ruth Hazel YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#174 John Brehm YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#173 Dion O’Reilly YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#172 Elaine Sexton YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#171 Joan Kwon Glass YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#170 Rick Lupert YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#169 Nicole Caruso Garcia YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#168 David James YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#167 David Bowles YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#166 Jeannine Hall Gailey YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#165 Cindy Veach YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#164 Robert Pinsky YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#163 Nikita Parik YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#162 Bruce Bennett YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#161 Jill Kandel YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#160 Jessy Randall YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#159 January Gill O’Neil YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#158 Rachel Mallalieu YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#157 Linda Nemec Foster YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#156 Prisoner Express YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#155 Cati Porter YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#154 Raquel Franco YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#153 Heather Altfeld YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#152 Anna M. Evans YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#151 Troy Jollimore YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#150 Alexis Sears YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#149 Katie Bickham YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#148 Mark Gibbons YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#147 Campbell McGrath YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#146 Nancy Miller Gomez YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#145 Alexis V. Jackson YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#144 Mike White YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#143 Chris Anderson YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#142 Erin Murphy YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#141 Janice N. Harrington YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#140 Kate Gale YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#139 Todd Davis YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#138 Elizabeth Johnston Ambrose YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#137 Kim Stafford YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#136 Susan Vespoli YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#135 Kevin Clark YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#134 Kashiana Singh YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#133 Roberta Beary YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#132 Marjorie Saiser YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#131 Zilka Joseph YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#130 William Logan YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#129 Lester Graves Lennon YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#128 Bill Glose YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#127 Marcela Sulak YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#126 Grant Quackenbush YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#125 Amanda Newell YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#124 José A. Alcántara YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#123 Sophia Naz YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#122 Jim Daniels YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#121 Tishani Doshi YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#120 David Kirby YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#119 Brittney Corrigan YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#118 Ananda Lima YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#117 Clemonce Heard YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#116 Ernest Hilbert YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#115 Jenny Qi YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#114 Joseph Fasano YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#113 Mark Jarman YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#112 Marissa Davis YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#111 Deborah P Kolodji YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#110 Vince Gotera YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#109 Gil Arzola YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#108 Brendan Constantine YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#107 Marcela Sulak YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#106 Edison Jennings YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#105 Maria Gillan YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#104 Roy Bentley YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#103 Jack Ridl YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#102 Ace Boggess YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#101 Bro. Yao (Hoke S. Glover III) YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#100 Alison Luterman YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#99 Tina Parker YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#98 Wyn Cooper YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#97 Lance Larsen YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#96 Melissa Balmain YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#95 Supriya Kaur Dhaliwal YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#94 Kerrin McCadden YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#93 Martin Willitts Jr. YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#92 Michael Mark YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#91 Tanya Ko Hong YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#90 Janée J. Baugher YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#89 Eugenia Leigh YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#88 Kim Addonizio YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#87 Alice Pettway YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#86 Denise Duhamel YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#85 Lois Baer Barr YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#84 Wendy Videlock YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#83 Anthony Tao YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#82 A.E. Stallings YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#81 Derek Sheffield YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#80 Rebecca Starks YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#79 Alison Townsend YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#78 Russell Brakefield YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#77 Dana Gioia YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#76 Jennifer Jean YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#75 Alexis Rotella YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#74 Marjorie Lotfi YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#73 Skye Jackson YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#72 Amy Miller YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#71 Sarah P. Strong YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#70 Alan W. King YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#69 Jim Peterson YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#68 Steve Henn YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#67 Brian Sonia-Wallace YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#66 Fiona Sze-Lorrain YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#65 Jan Beatty YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#64 David Mason YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#63 Jessica Goodfellow YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#62 A.M. Juster YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#61 Molly Fisk YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#60 Kathleen McClung YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#59 Taylor Mali YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#58 Gregory Loselle YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#57 Alejandro Escudé YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#56 Jennifer Perrine YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#55 Amit Majmudar YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#54 Paul E. Nelson YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#53 Rhina P. Espaillat YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#52 James Ragan YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#51 Courtney Kampa YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#50 David Romtvedt YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#49 Tom C. Hunley YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#48 Kari Gunter-Seymour YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#47 Ron Koertge YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#46 Erik Campbell YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#45 Marc Alan Di Martino YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#44 Dorianne Laux YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#43 John Philip Johnson YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#42 Meg Eden YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#41 Rosemerry Trommer YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#40 Danusha Laméris YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#39 William Trowbridge YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#38 George Bilgere YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#37 Charles Harper Webb YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#36 Katherine Barrett Swett YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#35 Wendy Barker YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#34 Jimmy Pappas YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#33 Ellen Bass YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#32 Lola Haskins YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#31 Rachel Custer YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#30 Kelly Grace Thomas YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#29 Susan Browne YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#28 Christina Olson YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#27 Michael T. Young YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#26 Kathleen Balma YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#25 Chaun Ballard YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#24 Clint Margrave YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#23 Barbara Crooker YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#22 Peter E. Murphy YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#21 Tony Gloeggler YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#20 Naomi Shihab Nye YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#19 Bob Hicok YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#18 Nickole Brown YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#17 Wally Swist YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#16 Lynne Knight YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#15 Francesca Bell YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#14 Janet Fitch YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#13 Aaron Poochigian YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#12 Bro. Yao (Hoke S. Glover III) YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#11 Jamey Hecht YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#10 Al Ortolani YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#9 Alexandra Umlas YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#8 Kat Lehmann YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#7 Kim Dower YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#6 Richard Gilbert YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#5 Pavana Reddy YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#4 Elizabeth S. Wolf YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#3 David Berman Tribute YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#2 Lynne Thompson YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3
#1 Benjamin Aleshire YouTube | SoundCloud | iTunes | mp3