J.R. Solonche has published poetry in more than 500 magazines, journals, and anthologies since the early '70s, including five times in past issues of Rattle. He's the author of 40 books of poetry, most recently Barren Road. Professor Emeritus of English at SUNY Orange, he lives in Hudson, New York.
Find more most recent books here:
https://servinghousebooks.com/j-r-solonche/
As always, we'll also include the live Prompt Lines for responses to our weekly prompt. A Zoom link will be provided in the chat window during the show before that segment begins.
For links to all the past episodes, visit:
https://www.rattle.com/page/rattlecast/
This Week’s Prompt:
Invent a form that borrows something you love about an existing form—but spins it in a new direction. (Also encouraged to submit this to our call for our invented forms tribute section, due January 15th, 2026.)
Next Week’s Prompt:
Write a poem about a time you found yourself somewhere you didn’t belong, but have the poem turn to somewhere that you do.
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J.R. Solonche has published poetry in more than 500 magazines, journals, and anthologies since the early '70s, including five times in past issues of Rattle. He's the author of 40 books of poetry, most recently Barren Road. Professor Emeritus of English at SUNY Orange, he lives in Hudson, New York.
Find more most recent books here:
https://servinghousebooks.com/j-r-solonche/
As always, we'll also include the live Prompt Lines for responses to our weekly prompt. A Zoom link will be provided in the chat window during the show before that segment begins.
For links to all the past episodes, visit:
https://www.rattle.com/page/rattlecast/
This Week’s Prompt:
Invent a form that borrows something you love about an existing form—but spins it in a new direction. (Also encouraged to submit this to our call for our invented forms tribute section, due January 15th, 2026.)
Next Week’s Prompt:
Write a poem about a time you found yourself somewhere you didn’t belong, but have the poem turn to somewhere that you do.
The Rattlecast livestreams on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter, then becomes an audio podcast. Find it on iTunes, Spotify, or anywhere else you get your podcasts.
Crystal Simone Smith is the author of Runagate: Songs of the Freedom Bound (Duke University Press, 2025) and Dark Testament (Henry Holt, 2023). In 2022, her collection of haiku, Ebbing Shore, won The Haiku Foundation Touchstone Distinguished Book Award. Smith is the recipient a Duke Humanities Unbounded Fellowship. Her work has appeared in numerous journals including POETRY Magazine, Harper’s Magazine, Rattle, Poetry Daily, Frogpond, and The Heron’s Nest. She teaches in the Thompson Writing Program at Duke University and writes poetry about the human condition and social change.
Find more on Crystal at her website:
https://www.crystalsimonesmith.com/
As always, we'll also include the live Prompt Lines for responses to our weekly prompt. A Zoom link will be provided in the chat window during the show before that segment begins.
For links to all the past episodes, visit:
https://www.rattle.com/page/rattlecast/
This Week’s Prompt:
Write a poem about the influence music has had on you over the years while making the poem itself as musical as possible.
Next Week’s Prompt:
Invent a form that borrows something you love about an existing form—but spins it in a new direction. (Also encouraged to submit this to our call for our invented forms tribute section, due January 15th, 2026.)
The Rattlecast livestreams on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter, then becomes an audio podcast. Find it on iTunes, Spotify, or anywhere else you get your podcasts.
Rattle Poetry
J.R. Solonche has published poetry in more than 500 magazines, journals, and anthologies since the early '70s, including five times in past issues of Rattle. He's the author of 40 books of poetry, most recently Barren Road. Professor Emeritus of English at SUNY Orange, he lives in Hudson, New York.
Find more most recent books here:
https://servinghousebooks.com/j-r-solonche/
As always, we'll also include the live Prompt Lines for responses to our weekly prompt. A Zoom link will be provided in the chat window during the show before that segment begins.
For links to all the past episodes, visit:
https://www.rattle.com/page/rattlecast/
This Week’s Prompt:
Invent a form that borrows something you love about an existing form—but spins it in a new direction. (Also encouraged to submit this to our call for our invented forms tribute section, due January 15th, 2026.)
Next Week’s Prompt:
Write a poem about a time you found yourself somewhere you didn’t belong, but have the poem turn to somewhere that you do.
The Rattlecast livestreams on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter, then becomes an audio podcast. Find it on iTunes, Spotify, or anywhere else you get your podcasts.
