Rattle Poetry

Join Timothy Green, editor of Rattle, for The Rattlecast — the longest free-wheeling, longform livestreaming poetry podcast on the planet. Every Monday we feature in-depth poet interviews, lively craft discussions, prompt-based open lines, and original poems responding to current events in Poets Respond. Experience authentic conversations, shared poetry, and live community interaction in this weekly poetry show. Live every Monday at 8pm ET.Rattle is a publication of the Rattle Foundation, an independent 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose mission is to promote the practice of poetry, and is not affiliated with any other organization.

Rattle Poetry is a arts podcast hosted by Rattlecast, with 367 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

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  Molly Fisk: Walking Wheel, Historical Poetry & the Novel in Verse | Rattlecast 361

  Sep 29, 20261h 48m

  Molly Fisk returns to The Rattlecast for a conversation with Timothy Green about poetry, storytelling, history, and her new book, Walking Wheel. A poet, essayist, radio commentator, and former Poet Laureate of Nevada County, California, Fisk is an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow and a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. She first joined us on Rattlecast #61 in 2020 to discuss California Fire & Water: A Climate Crisis Anthology. Her new book, Walking Wheel, is a novel in verse set in 1875, following newlyweds Phoebe and Miles Imlay as they journey from central Oregon to California’s Surprise Valley and build a life together. Told through linked poems in alternating voices, the book explores marriage, love, labor, sex, pregnancy, landscape, and the relentless physical work of making a home. In this episode, we’ll discuss historical poetry, writing in persona, turning research into lived experience on the page, and using poetry to tell a sustained narrative across an entire book. Molly will also read from Walking Wheel and look back at earlier work from across her career. As always, we’ll open the lines for this week’s prompt-based poetry reading. Find more on Molly here: https://www.mollyfisk.com/ This Week’s Prompt from Katie Dozier: Time to pair up! Send one line of your own poetry to a poet and ask for one in return. Write your own poem that utilizes their line, and give them credit for it. Next Week’s Prompt: Write a persona poem from another time. Submit your poem through Submittable by midnight Sunday for a chance to be invited on the show: https://rattle.submittable.com/submit/269309/rattlecast-prompt-poems-online The Rattlecast livestreams every Monday on YouTube, Facebook, and X, then becomes available as an audio podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you listen.

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  Lance Larsen: Rattle Chapbook Prize Winner & Secretary of the Invisible Thing | Rattlecast 360

  Sep 22, 20261h 49m

  Lance Larsen joins Timothy Green on The Rattlecast to celebrate Secretary of the Invisible Thing, one of the three winners of the 2026 Rattle Chapbook Prize. A former Poet Laureate of Utah, Larsen is the author of six full-length poetry collections, including Making a Kingdom of It, What the Body Knows, and Genius Loci. His poems have appeared in Poetry, The New York Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement, The Southern Review, and elsewhere, and his honors include a Pushcart Prize and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. In this episode, we’ll read from Secretary of the Invisible Thing and talk about poetry, humor, faith, mystery, and Larsen’s gift for finding the strange and sacred in ordinary life. We’ll also discuss the craft behind his playful, image-rich poems, how lived experience becomes something larger through imagination, and what it means to win the Rattle Chapbook Prize. As always, we’ll open the lines for this week’s prompt-based poetry reading. Find the winning chapbook here: https://rattle.com/publications/secretary-of-the-invisible-thing/ This Week’s Prompt from Katie Dozier: Write a poem about a specific wild animal. Include as many tactile details as possible. Next Week’s Prompt: Time to pair up! Send one line of your own poetry to a poet and ask for one in return. Write your own poem that utilizes their line, and give them credit for it. Submit your poem through Submittable by midnight Sunday for a chance to be invited on the show: https://rattle.submittable.com/submit/269309/rattlecast-prompt-poems-online The Rattlecast livestreams every Monday on YouTube, Facebook, and X, then becomes available as an audio podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you listen.

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  2026 Rattle Poetry Prize Winners & Prize-Winning Poems | Rattlecast 359

  Sep 16, 20261h 16m

  In this special episode of The Rattlecast, we reveal the results of the 2026 Rattle Poetry Prize, our annual poetry competition offering $25,000 in total awards for individual poems. We’ll announce this year’s $15,000 winner and ten finalists, and most of the 11 prize-winning poets will join us live to read their winning poems and talk briefly about the work. The Rattle Poetry Prize is one of the highlights of our year, bringing together poems selected from thousands of entries by poets around the world. This episode is a chance to hear the winning poetry in the poets’ own voices and meet the writers behind the poems. Learn more about the Rattle Poetry Prize: https://rattle.com/page/poetryprize/ As always, we’ll also open the lines for Prompt Lines, our live prompt-based poetry reading. A Zoom link will be shared in the YouTube chat before that segment begins. For all past episodes of The Rattlecast: https://www.rattle.com/rattlecast/

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  Wendy Videlock: Desert Kin, Nature Poetry, and the American Southwest | Rattlecast 358

  Sep 15, 20261h 51m

  Wendy Videlock returns to The Rattlecast for a conversation with Timothy Green about poetry, nature, animals, language, and her new book, Desert Kin: Speaking Animal in the American Southwest. A poet, essayist, visual artist, and Poet Laureate of Western Colorado, Videlock’s work has appeared in Poetry, The New York Times, Best American Poetry, Hudson Review, and Rattle. She was also a two-time Rattle Poetry Prize finalist and previously joined us as the featured guest on Rattlecast #84. In this episode, we discuss Desert Kin, a collection of poems and essays rooted in the landscape and wildlife of the American Southwest, and the ways close attention to place can shape a poet’s voice. We’ll talk about nature poetry, animals and the human imagination, rhythm and sound, humor and wonder, and the relationship between poetry and the visual arts. Wendy will also revisit older poems from across her career and discuss how her work has evolved since her first Rattlecast appearance. As always, we’ll open the lines for this week’s prompt-based poetry reading. Find more about the poet here: https://wendy-videlock.constantcontactsites.com/ This Week’s Prompt: Write a poem about a time that speed was a big factor in your life. Next Week’s Prompt: Write a poem about a specific wild animal. Include as many tactile details as possible. Submit your poem through Submittable by midnight Sunday for a chance to be invited on the show: https://rattle.submittable.com/submit/269309/rattlecast-prompt-poems-online The Rattlecast livestreams every Monday on YouTube, Facebook, and X, then becomes available as an audio podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you listen.

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  Rebecca Gayle Howell: Erase Genesis, Visions of the Future, and the Flow in Poetry | Rattlecast 357

  Sep 8, 20262h 2m

  Rebecca Gayle Howell joins Timothy Green on The Rattlecast for a conversation about poetry, erasure, climate change, spirituality, and her new book, Erase Genesis. A poet, translator, editor, and librettist, Howell is the recipient of a United States Artists Fellowship, the Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry, and a Pushcart Prize. She previously served as poetry editor of the Oxford American and currently teaches poetry and translation at the University of Arkansas. Howell is also a former Rattle Poetry Prize finalist and Readers’ Choice Award winner for “My Mother Told Us Not to Have Children.” In this episode, we discuss Erase Genesis, a book-length poem that repeatedly erases the first three chapters of the King James Bible to reimagine the creation story for the age of climate change. We’ll talk about erasure poetry, visual poetry, ecopoetics, literary translation, faith and spirituality, and the process of making each page by hand with watercolor. Rebecca will also look back at earlier poems—including her Rattle Readers’ Choice winner—and read work spanning different periods of her career. As always, we’ll open the lines for this week’s prompt-based poetry reading. Find more about the poet here: https://www.rebeccagaylehowell.com/ This Week’s Prompt: Write an ode to an antiquated piece of technology. Next Week’s Prompt: Write a poem about a time that speed was a big factor in your life. Submit your poem through Submittable by midnight Sunday for a chance to be invited on the show: https://rattle.submittable.com/submit/269309/rattlecast-prompt-poems-online The Rattlecast livestreams every Monday on YouTube, Facebook, and X, then becomes available as an audio podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you listen.

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