Michael Rattee

Enough Said: A Poetry Dialogue Between Father & Son
In these fourteen poems, Michael, the father, and Kiev, the son, say the kind of things to each other that cannot be said on the telephone, through letters or email. Their ideas, hopes and feelings inspire the other to poetry, which in turn inspires another poem.

Calling Yourself Home
Rattee’s poem “Reinventing Light” begins with the day being turned into ink for the night to write stories with. These magical poems are written with some of that night ink — part dreams, part dazzlingly clear vignettes of everyday experience.

Mentioning Dreams
If “You desire music made without metal/ Something light and airy like a divers hair,” this is an excellent volume for you. It has an oriental touch in its delicate and lovely sparseness, and something of the surreal in its familiar yet dreamlike geography.