Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Poetic Obituaries: The VPR Poem of the Week is Rochelle Ratner's

"Fish Tank," a prose poem which appeared in the Fall/Winter 2004-2005 issue (Volume VI, Number 1) of Valparaiso Poetry Review.

Rochelle Ratner, who passed away March 31st at the age of 59, was the author of sixteen collections of poetry, including Practicing to Be a Woman: New and Selected Poems (Scarecrow Press, 1982), Someday Songs (BkMk Press, 1992), House and Home (Marsh Hawk Press, 2003), and Balancing Acts (Marsh Hawk Press, 2006), which was a finalist for the Milt Kessler Book Award.

from One Poet's Notes: Remembering Rochelle Ratner: "Fish Tank"

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