title: Rabbit Ears: TV Poems
text: # Rabbit Ears: TV Poems
  
  Rabbit Ears: TV Poems is an anthology from NYQ Books, edited by Joel Allegretti. Released in 2015, it consists of poems about television and is reportedly the first poetry anthology to cover the subject. It contains 129 poems by 130 poets, including former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins, who suggested the title.
  
  The Boston Globe called Rabbit Ears "cleverly edited" and "a smart exploration of the many, many meanings of TV." Rain Taxi said, "With its diversity of content and poetic form, Rabbit Ears feels more rich and eclectic than any other poetry anthology on the market." The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette included Rabbit Ears in its 2015 holiday gift guide for TV fans, along with books about Breaking Bad and Downton Abbey.
  
  In an interview with The Huffington Post, Allegretti said, "Poets by and large today are educators and scholars. I’m neither. My background is in media relations. My last job was director of media relations for a national not-for-profit organization. I prepared the CEO, his senior executives, and other spokespeople for interviews. I dealt with Nightly Business Report, 60 Minutes, and producers at local TV stations around the country. I’ve been inside TV studios. Had I not had that experience, I probably wouldn’t have conceived an anthology of TV poetry."
  
  Rabbit Ears is in the Fales Collection at New York University and in the archives of the University of Rochester, SUNY Buffalo, the University of Wisconsin, and the Ohio State University.
  
  Contributors:
  
  Austin Alexis
  
  Joel Allegretti
  
  Aaron Anstett
  
  Quan Barry
  
  Ellen Bass
  
  Jeanne Marie Beaumont
  
  Martine Bellen
  
  Aaron Belz
  
  Emma Bolden
  
  Charlie Bondhus
  
  Gayle Brandeis
  
  Michael Broder
  
  Kurt Brown
  
  John F. Buckley and Martin Ott
  
  Regie Cabico
  
  Peter Carlaftes
  
  Susana H. Case
  
  Guillermo Filice Castro
  
  Ann Cefola
  
  Suzanne Cleary
  
  Billy Collins
  
  Jeffery Conway
  
  Nina Corwin
  
  Steve Dalachinsky
  
  MaryLisa DeDomenicis
  
  Cat Dixon
  
  celeste doaks
  
  Thom Donovan
  
  Maggie Dubris
  
  Alan Feldman
  
  Monique Ferrell
  
  Edward Field
  
  Annie Finch
  
  Stanford M. Forrester
  
  John Foy
  
  Philip Fried
  
  Jeannine Hall Gailey
  
  Amy Gerstler
  
  George Guida
  
  Marj Hahne
  
  Raymond P. Hammond
  
  Penny Harter
  
  George Held
  
  Matthew Hittinger
  
  Tony Hoagland
  
  Janis Butler Holm
  
  Amy Holman
  
  Bob Holman
  
  Josh Humphrey
  
  Karla Huston
  
  Colette Inez
  
  Luisa Aguilar Igloria
  
  Ice Gayle Johnson
  
  W. Todd Kaneko
  
  Vasiliki Katsarou
  
  Collin Kelley
  
  Ron Kolm
  
  Dean Kostos
  
  Catherine B. Krause
  
  Peter LaBerge
  
  Gerry LaFemina
  
  Erik La Prade
  
  Dorianne Laux
  
  David Lawton
  
  Lynn Levin
  
  Matthew Lippman
  
  Timothy Liu
  
  Chip Livingston
  
  Diane Lockward
  
  Roy Lucianna
  
  Marjorie Maddox
  
  Gerard Malanga
  
  Robert Manaster
  
  Stephen Massimilla
  
  Chris McCreary
  
  Lynn McGee
  
  Kelly McQuain
  
  David Messineo
  
  Philip Miller
  
  Michael Montlack
  
  Tracie Morris
  
  Rick Mullin
  
  Peter E. Murphy
  
  Joey Nicoletti
  
  Jacob Oet
  
  Abiodun Oyewole
  
  Michael Palma
  
  Matthew Pennock
  
  David Phillips
  
  Patricia Polak
  
  Stephen Roger Powers
  
  Stella Vinitchi Radulescu
  
  Bethany Reid
  
  Steven Riel
  
  Susanna Rich
  
  Aram Saroyan
  
  Jason Schneiderman
  
  Steven D. Schroeder
  
  Elaine Sexton
  
  Ravi Shankar
  
  Neil Shepard
  
  Hilary Sideris
  
  Hal Sirowitz
  
  Ellen McGrath Smith
  
  Rosalind Palermo Stevenson
  
  Terese Svoboda
  
  Aldo Tambellini
  
  Tantra-zawadi
  
  Mervyn Taylor
  
  Maria Terrone
  
  John J. Trause
  
  Tony Trigilio
  
  David Trinidad
  
  Ryan G. Van Cleave
  
  Gloria Vando
  
  Angelo Verga
  
  David Vincenti
  
  Diane Wakoski
  
  George Wallace
  
  Lewis Warsh
  
  Estha Weiner
  
  Lauren Wells
  
  Marcus Wicker
  
  George Witte
  
  Debbie Yee
  
  David Yezzi
  
  Michael T. Young
  
  Grace Zabriskie
  
  Bill Zavatsky
  
  