Rattlesnake Review
 Born
on Leap Year Day, 2004, Rattlesnake Review (Poetry with
Fangs!) is the flagship publication of Rattlesnake Press.
Our 22nd issue is now available at The Book Collector, or send
me four bux and I’ll mail you one. The deadline for Issue #23
(due out in mid-Sept.) is AUGUST 15.
RR is a free, spiral-bound, 8.5”X11” quarterly journalzine
of photos, line art, articles, a cryptogram, numerous reviews,
poetry challenges and other miscellaneous articles about poetry and
related happenings, and—most of all—POETRY by which the Snake,
his flirtatious floozy, Lola, and the sassy littlesnake hope to
bemuse and confustigate the (mostly) Northern California poetry
community. It is also a showcase for the tremendous mountain of
poetry talent that our area has to offer.
Here are some samples:
“CELEBRATE YOUR EYESIGHT”
declares the poster with a photo
of a common roadside flower.
Such sky-shade blossoms
here on the wall of the waiting room
for EYE SERVICES.
One man’s eyes are buried
in a magazine, another’s down-turned
to the angle of his laptop screen.
My eyes are tired of waiting,
as patients come and go.
Behind a closed door, doctors
peer into the depths of pupils
and find them wanting.
I want to see
that wild blue flower.
I want to watch it bloom.
—Taylor Graham, Somerset |
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HOBO OF COLFAX TUNNEL
—Matt Amott, Roseville
we sit in the café
she must see me
as a relic
a living fossil of time
before the Nintendo revolution
we discuss books, movies and trains
time frozen until she is summoned
away by the ring of her phone
we go our separate ways
a beautiful afternoon spent
humoring an old man
who wonders
where was she
when he
was
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The Snake Posse includes resident columnists who write for each
issue. Currently, these are:
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B.L. Kennedy,
Reviewer-in-Residence, and his “THE BL 418 BUZZ” |
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Joyce Odam,
Formalist-in-Residence, writing about formal poetry |
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Taylor Graham,
with her “Making Fun of Poetry” (poetry triggers) |
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Shawn
Pittard, Marketeer-in-Residence, and his musings
about the organization and publishing of your poetry |
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B.L. Kennedy,
Interviewer-in-Residence |
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Katy Brown,
Snake Eyes |
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Tom Goff, Historian-in-Residence. |
Artist-in-Residence is Sam The Snake Man Kieth, who does all
our covers and various other artistic irreverencies.
The Snake emerges in April, June, September and December,
so deadlines are 2/15, 5/15, 8/15, and 11/15.
Submissions
to the Review should be done as follows, please:
| Now available: SnakeSecrets (littlesnake
broadside #46): Getting Your Poetry Published in
Rattlesnake Press (and lots of other places
besides…). Tired of pissing off editors? Tired of
not getting your poetry published? This is a free,
8-page pamphlet describing some of the ins and outs
of submitting poetry to Rattlesnake Press
publications as well as others in the poetry world.
If you’d like a copy, e-mail
kathykieth@hotmail.com and she’ll send you one
FREE. |
Reviewer-in-Residence B.L. Kennedy encourages poets to send
him books for review: P.O. Box 160664, Sacramento, CA 95816
Current issues are available for free at The Book Collector,
1008 24th St., Sacramento. Subscriptions are possible; see the
menu.
Back issues may be purchased below for $4.00 including
postage. Please specify issue number.
Also available:
FANGS 1: Snake Poems from the Snake, ed. by Robert
Grossklaus.
Published in 2005, this is a
spiral-bound anthology of poems about snakes that appeared in
the Review, Issues 1-6. Also has snake artwork by Sam Kieth and
others, including covers and some of the sketches and photos
from Issues 1-6.
$2.00 each including postage.
Carpe Viperidae! (Seize the
Snake!)
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