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- 15 Jul 2019, 20:45
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: Our Parents
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7636
Re: Our Parents
You're right, Ken. Thanks for letting me know.
- 13 Jul 2019, 08:51
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: Our Parents
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7636
Our Parents
Our Parents Mom knew where she was headed, as confident as a song bird. She was an office on a top floor, and breathtaking views. Mom was too busy for us, a vice presidential firefly in a field lit with fireworks and sparklers. We turned to Dad when we felt lonely or overwhelmed. He was never too bu...
- 08 Jul 2019, 22:47
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: Iron Ore Miner (1859) -V2
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13552
Re: Iron Ore Miner (1859)
I love the storyteller’s voice. his rhythms and images. What the poem needs is a clear way of flowing the different asides together. Many stanzas feel like standalone short poems, with excellent writing, but they don’t build toward an inevitable close. References are picked up and dropped—like the s...
- 08 Jul 2019, 03:46
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: #revolutionarywarstory
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8707
Re: #revolutionarywarstory
Clever...fun
- 07 Jul 2019, 06:17
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: Children Tour Monterey Bay Aquarium
- Replies: 7
- Views: 14117
Re: Children from a Burn Ward Tour Monterey Bay Aquarium
Thx, Ken, I appreciate your optimism and support
- 05 Jul 2019, 23:09
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: 2 for the Solar eclipse spanning South America, July 2, 2019
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6887
Re: 2 for the Solar eclipse spanning South America, July 2, 2019
I like the feel, the sparkle of the first version
a court 'n sparkling
'round the moon's silhouette
the engagement ring
leading to bands of brilliance
as two become one
in totality face to face
a court 'n sparkling
'round the moon's silhouette
the engagement ring
leading to bands of brilliance
as two become one
in totality face to face
- 04 Jul 2019, 10:12
- Forum: Writer's Block Palaver
- Topic: Upcoming July IBPC 2019:
- Replies: 21
- Views: 41682
Re: Upcoming July IBPC 2019:
Yes, unpublished
- 04 Jul 2019, 04:40
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: I Am A Daughter
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6216
Re: I Am A Daughter
The closing 4 lines are the best lines, and the heart of the poem
- 03 Jul 2019, 05:42
- Forum: Writer's Block Palaver
- Topic: Upcoming July IBPC 2019:
- Replies: 21
- Views: 41682
Re: Upcoming July IBPC 2019:
Thank you, Michael. The poem is original and mine, and I am only participating in the IBPC nominations on this forum. My email is bobbybradshw@yahoo.com. Bob Bradshaw ChildrenTour Monterey Bay Aquarium I dream of waving to my public, a blue diver nosing up to the aquarium's glass with her ruby glove...
- 02 Jul 2019, 09:04
- Forum: Writer's Block Palaver
- Topic: Upcoming July IBPC 2019:
- Replies: 21
- Views: 41682
Re: Upcoming July IBPC 2019:
I second Michael's "antique" poem
- 29 Jun 2019, 22:12
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: Visiting Sandburg's Homeplace
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11012
Re: Visiting Sandburg's Homeplace
Good poem throughout. I like the closing lines.
a misplaced period here after "I".... extra space after wilderness
St John in the Wilderness ,and I.
can hear you preaching to the goats.
a misplaced period here after "I".... extra space after wilderness
St John in the Wilderness ,and I.
can hear you preaching to the goats.
- 29 Jun 2019, 22:08
- Forum: Writer's Block Palaver
- Topic: Upcoming July IBPC 2019:
- Replies: 21
- Views: 41682
Re: Upcoming July IBPC 2019:
Siva's Newlyweds poem, Ken's "Escher" poem....haven't decided on a third nom yet...
- 27 Jun 2019, 09:17
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: What It's Really Like
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6046
Re: What It's Really Like
This poem has incredible ambition....What a nightmare ...the horror! the horror! of Kurtz is child's play to this terrifying world. You explain so well this hell. My heart goes out to him or her who goes through this. From a workshop perspective, what would I do? Well, the imagery is terrific, and t...
- 25 Jun 2019, 22:11
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: upon seeing "impossible" before "Love"
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7337
Re: upon seeing "impossible" before "Love"
Like this especially
like déjà vu in waiting
like déjà vu in waiting
- 24 Jun 2019, 20:07
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: I Can Make You Grateful For A 1% Yearly Raise
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7980
Re: I Can Make You Grateful For A 1% Yearly Raise
Thx for commenting...
Ken, I know how you feel
Ken, I know how you feel
- 23 Jun 2019, 05:43
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: Lot’s Wife
- Replies: 8
- Views: 15760
Re: Lot’s Wife
Love this, the humor and takes on looking back, my favorite image falling in love in a flash like the Chicago fire...terrific
- 22 Jun 2019, 21:42
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: I Can Make You Grateful For A 1% Yearly Raise
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7980
I Can Make You Grateful For A 1% Yearly Raise
I Can Make You Grateful For A 1% Yearly Raise I can move the home office to Cleveland, or to the Sudan as easily as a crane moving a crate on a wharf. I can leave you shuffling from job interview to job interview for six months to a year. I could overlook your slights. He stares down at us as if we ...
- 21 Jun 2019, 20:01
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: Traveling in Mexico
- Replies: 12
- Views: 19490
Re: Traveling in Mexico
Thx, Frank
- 21 Jun 2019, 06:40
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: Traveling in Mexico
- Replies: 12
- Views: 19490
Re: Traveling in Mexico
Yeah, growing corn was their livelihood. A local anthropologist explained to us that the carvings on the cross represented corn.
Thx, Meenas....
Thx, Meenas....
- 20 Jun 2019, 22:18
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: Michelangelo's David
- Replies: 13
- Views: 21135
Re: After a Documentary on Michelangelo's David
Where is the documentary? Youtube?
- 20 Jun 2019, 20:27
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: Impossible Love
- Replies: 7
- Views: 15807
Re: Impossible Love
I echo Ken...nice
- 20 Jun 2019, 20:26
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: Michelangelo's David
- Replies: 13
- Views: 21135
Re: After a Documentary on Michelangelo's David
Another gem! I love your writing. These lines, just stupendous:
Her fingers trace the surgical
scars as a palmist would
divine my personal history;
Her fingers trace the surgical
scars as a palmist would
divine my personal history;
- 20 Jun 2019, 04:31
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: "getting antique" (a diptych)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 31513
Re: mid-year & will be 62 before 2020
62? You are a youngster!
- 20 Jun 2019, 04:27
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: Traveling in Mexico
- Replies: 12
- Views: 19490
Re: Traveling in Mexico
It was a fascinating place. John the Baptist, not Jesus, was the main guy for the villagers, due to the importance of water in their agricultural community. The cross was carved to look like leaves of corn.
- 20 Jun 2019, 04:23
- Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
- Topic: Traveling in Mexico
- Replies: 12
- Views: 19490
Re: Traveling in Mexico
Thanks, Frank... I like “fallen” saints and I am removing Indian from Indian village