Upcoming August IBPC 2013:

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Michael (MV)
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Upcoming August IBPC 2013:

#1 Post by Michael (MV) » 24 Jul 2013, 21:56

any newcomers or returnees this month, Welcome!

and here is a home link to the IBPC rules: http://ibpc.webdelsol.com/rules


Poems recommended to represent the Block are posted here in this thread, along with all IBPC required info.

When the 1-3 are decided upon, and permission granted by each author of the selected poems,

along with the all info needed by each author:

1/Your name

2/e-mail address

3/statement that the poem is your original

4/and unpublished work

5/and that you are not representing in the current IBPC

6/and the poem as you would like it forwarded to the finals.

^^ All of the above is the usual needed info as part of the process.


I will then forward the 1-3 to the IBPC finals.


Please reply - accept or decline - in this thread.

Thanks,

Michael (MV)



 
 
 

 
  

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Re: Upcoming August IBPC 2013:

#2 Post by Michael (MV) » 28 Jul 2013, 10:01

I'm recommending Billy's Talking To Myself Without Praying.

Billy, accept or decline here in this thread; if accepting please provide all the usual needed info.

Thanks, Billy

Michael (MV)

 
Michael (MV) wrote:any newcomers or returnees this month, Welcome!

and here is a home link to the IBPC rules: http://ibpc.webdelsol.com/rules


Poems recommended to represent the Block are posted here in this thread, along with all IBPC required info.

When the 1-3 are decided upon, and permission granted by each author of the selected poems,

along with the all info needed by each author:

1/Your name

2/e-mail address

3/statement that the poem is your original

4/and unpublished work

5/and that you are not representing in the current IBPC

6/and the poem as you would like it forwarded to the finals.

^^ All of the above is the usual needed info as part of the process.


I will then forward the 1-3 to the IBPC finals.


Please reply - accept or decline - in this thread.

Thanks,

Michael (MV)



 
 
 

 
  

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Re: Upcoming August IBPC 2013:

#3 Post by Billy » 28 Jul 2013, 16:23

I would be glad to represent the Block. My poem is my original work and has not been published. I am not representing any other board.

Billy Howell-Sinnard
bhowellsinnard@gmail.com

Talking To Myself Without Praying

How can I love you
when you're lying
in the street, passersby
walking over you?

The father will save you,
but he's behind bars.
Mother's there beside you,
giggling. Pick yourself up.

Smile. Your friend watches,
waits. The man with a gun
leans against a pole
at the corner of Main.

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Re: Upcoming August IBPC 2013:

#4 Post by Michael (MV) » 30 Jul 2013, 08:59

Thanks, Billy,

for representing the Block, and for providing all the needed info. Good Luck in the finals.

Meanwhile, up to 2 more to go.

Any recommendations?


:)

Michael (MV)






Billy wrote:I would be glad to represent the Block. My poem is my original work and has not been published. I am not representing any other board.

Billy Howell-Sinnard
bhowellsinnard@gmail.com

Talking To Myself Without Praying

How can I love you
when you're lying
in the street, passersby
walking over you?

The father will save you,
but he's behind bars.
Mother's there beside you,
giggling. Pick yourself up.

Smile. Your friend watches,
waits. The man with a gun
leans against a pole
at the corner of Main.

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Re: Upcoming August IBPC 2013:

#5 Post by SivaRamanathan » 01 Aug 2013, 20:07

Michael
What about your "A Lang-ku?" It is something very different and I am seeing something like this for the first time.

S

Michael (MV)
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Re: Upcoming August IBPC 2013:

#6 Post by Michael (MV) » 01 Aug 2013, 21:44

Thanks Siva,

It's the 1st of August, and we have a 2nd.

I accept for "a lang-ku." It is my original, unpublished,
and no poem of mine is representing any other house this IBPC.


Siva,

for a 3rd, how about I Learnt A Language?

Please accept or decline in thi thread. If accepting, please also provide all the needed info.

Thanks, Siva


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Re: Upcoming August IBPC 2013:

#7 Post by SivaRamanathan » 01 Aug 2013, 22:41

'Syntax and Semantics 'is my poem and I am not representing any other board,with this poem.
sivakamivelliangiri@gmail.com


"Syntax & Semantics"


I daubed my face with Ponds
pushed German specs up on my nose
dusted my plain skirt and tops,
and ventured into the world
with a few words:

Drumstick, ladyfinger,
all that's water under the bridge;
don't try to pull my legs.

Now I gawk at youngsters
"they chill out, or cool it."
"Freeze" is another such "in" word.
Though I rev in their lines
overpowered by a kick start
I falter waiting to hear
young-blood voices.

I could help untangle the confusion
of their thoughts, but I practice caution
to avoid making a faux-pas.

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