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  Hi Frank (et al); The Safe Vault (1754), A Little Bird at Torpantau, and radiant acquiescence Best of Luck to Meena, Frank, and Billy in the September IBPC finals and to the Writer's Block 8) Michael (MV) Michael, may I ask what poems went through for last month to the IBPC? regards Frank         ...

  By that Saturday morning, another small son powers off The Mighty Morphin Rangers, slams down the remote, and demands -- "Where is my father you said he'd be home by now?" By mid-morning snack a loss of appetite for PB&J and the last he saw in cartoons or staying tuned for more make believe superh...

  I nominate Billy's radiant acquiescence It's time to hear from the poets nominated: Is your poem eligible to represent the Writer's Block or do you already have a poem committed to represent another board this September IBPC available to accept & represent or not Please let us know ASAP in this th...

  any newcomers or returnees this month, Welcome! and here is a home link to the IBPC rules: http://ibpc.webdelsol.com/rules In this thread, from the poems posted in the workshop forum during the course of the month, recommend/nominate by title & author. Nominated poets, please acknowledge the nomin...

 
Selected poems & commentary by Lee Nash:

http://ibpc.webdelsol.com/2016/07



Congrats to fellow-poets recognized from other IBPC boards




Michael (MV)
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
Hi Frank (et al)

I'll be initiating the monthly thread within the week,
and that's when & where poems are nominated/recommended by title & author.

Until then, please continue to workshop poems in the workshop forum.

Thanks.


a productive week to every one

Michael (MV)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

  Hi Billy, *"who accepts his life with radiant acquiescence  --'Abdu'l-Bahá ^^ this quote as title the moon she said is constant in her transformation ^^ I like the truth in the apparent contradiction: the moon constant in transformation This reader-writer asks: Who is the antecedent of "she'? the ...

  the poetic meld of Olympic gold the bardic yell of a shot-putter a Texan youngblood slings the shot breaks the record free of the 30-year hold "For this being his first Olympics, [Ryan Crouser] handled it like a veteran," said Mario Sategna, Team USA Men's Assistant Coach for Throws.   like Bernin...

  For inspiration & reference, here is a link to an incredible Woodstock performance gone w/ the wind but the song remains the same: Jefferson Airplane - "White Rabbit" (Grace Slick, Woodstock, Aug 17 1969) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_raXzIRgsA ^^ In an open air concert, the agenda of a classi...

 
already homesick
for the Home
I haven't arrive to yet 
 

I find her expecting me
There too (there is no maternity leave)
in Our Father's nursery

 
upon the rock the Heights
beyond the wuthering moors & crag

 
from enfance to Infinity                         Heaven

 

 

 
  
 
 
 

  From what I'm reading in the thread Meenas17   I Am A Planter. Bob Bradshaw's   'Your Eyesight is a Blessing' or Longfellow Frank's Hiraeth Frank, Thanks for the info: "I have withdrawn my poem in another board, I am now free." If anyone's availability/eligibility has changed, please let us know h...

  Hi Frank, Perhaps Hiraeth is enough for the title, since the moment in Old Bombay is in the poem. should "condapana" be condapanna; and a minor workshop variation for the opening: A warm wind washes the forecourt, condapanna palms sway like lithe dresses on a line in Old Bombay. I like, I relate: ...

 
I also like Bob's Longfellow poem; I believe it would be an IBPC contender.


Is there one by Frank?   if he doesn't already have a poem committed to represent for another board this upcoming IBPC.





Michael

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Hi Bob, is this inspired by Vincent Van Gogh? a form of fan appears 3x - this doesn't necessarily flaw the poem, but there is not a metaphorical shift w/ each appearance - each is fan-like The 1st is creative - like in Fantasia as you nurture in your small room boat orchids floating geisha-like (or ...

Thanks, Frank (et al) and, Please, do continue on with the workshopping in the workshop forum. Thanks for voicing your nominations in this thread. If anyone thus far nominated is not going to be available, then, Please, in this thread let us know ASAP, so we will know not to consider you further for...

any newcomers or returnees this month, Welcome! and here is a home link to the IBPC rules: http://ibpc.webdelsol.com/rules In this thread, from the poems posted in the workshop forum during the course of the month, recommend/nominate by title & author. Nominated poets, please acknowledge the nominat...

Midway through lunch is sufficient and, too, effective b/c - at least as this reader-writer perceives with this phrasing - in the *heightened* spontaneity that lunchroom space midway through lunch figuratively becomes like a midway(runway) then later, there's the return trip, when the children arriv...

  Le Bonheur de Vivre (The Joy of Life)  Meenas17,   Immediately, this flew me to Matisse's Icare from JAZZ - http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/151.2014.8/ "Matisse cheekily placed this image at the end of the 'Aeroplane' section in Jazz." ^^ http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker...

  My heart leaps up when I behold . . . The Child is father of the Man     -- W. Wordsworth I/ a cosmos-eagle lands delivering a chosen astro naut of man he walks & talks bringing life to the dead planet leaping lunar craters beyond bounds yet umbilical Hope not absolutely out of this world until di...

  Longfellow - the fellow poet who composed long poems I think of Longfellow, I see life-long(and forever) narratives, esp Evangeline - estranged yet never separated - the heart can't be divided "evangeline" good news gospel I didn't know of this re his wife Frances (Fanny) apropos I learn of it via...

  Hi meenas17, Consider w/out those 1st lines followed by the colon.   Currently, I found this writing to be linear & expository. In the tree is nature as a symbol of nurture & as a finale the Sublime. Below, for your perusal & consideration in the spirit of workshopping     8)   Michael (MV) The gr...

  Please remember this forum is about workshopping. In general, especially since of recent the board is more active, how about we limit to one new poem per poet a week. Hopefully, as intended, this will increase/distribute activity to reading & workshopping the posted poems. When there is a bevy of ...

 
Hi Frank,

Before you withdrew your workshop comments, I read them.

Thanks, Frank, for your read & comments.





Michael (MV)

 
 
 
 
 

  If the Son sets you free, you are free indeed not heat from fireworks   illuminations of the Heart July 4th   He art   from the Heart of Michael (MV) A fortunate son continuing to shine theirs mine and ours(ars) in continuing the celebration of the 240th anniversary of our sweet land of liberty I'...

 
and Thanks, Frank, for bringing another IBPC recognition home to the Writer's Block


Follow this link to the thread @ Palaver for details:

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6317





Michael (MV)