Upcoming September IBPC 2016:

[Michael (MV)]

 
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 nomination here in this thread.
Please reply by accepting or declining the nomination - in this thread.

Please note & observe: This is not a workshopping thread.

In this thread, poems that are ultimately selected to represent the Block are then posted here
as the author would like for the poem to be forwarded
along with all IBPC required info.

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

along with all the 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4/and unpublished work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.



Thanks,

Michael (MV)


 
 
 
  
 
 
 

[Billy]

I nominate Frank's A Little Bird at Torpantau, and Siva's Colours in a Diamond.

[FranktheFrank]

Thank you Billy

I tentatively accept the nomination, my own preference if given a choice would be:

'For the Want of a Key',

it's a far better poem in my estimation, industrial which is unusual

and metered with rhyme in a ballad form used by Kipling.

[meenas17]

I second Billy's nominations.

[FranktheFrank]

I nominate Meena's; Pricey Curios for inclusion in the
deliberations for September 2016 IBPC.

I will not make any conditions, but encourage Meena to
consider her title might want a revamp.


My second nomination is Michael's:
July 20, 1969 - small step giant 2016 . . .

I am thinking of Bob's: Longfellow, but see him committed to another board.

I second Siva's: Colours in a Diamond, but do feel it needs a
little attention, not much but a tweak.

[Michael (MV)]

 
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 thread so we can then proceed to narrow down to three.


For example:

I see Frank has nominated my poem July 20, 1969 - small step giant leap - 2016 . . .

Thanks, Frank, but I would prefer not to represent with a poem this month, unless we need a 3rd.



A safe & wonderful Labor Day to every one



Michael (MV)

 

 

 
 
 

[Billy]

Thanks Michael, I prefer 'this is not my home', but whichever poem you choose. I'm not sure if either poem is something this judge will like:

Be happy to represent the Block. I'm not representing any other board. This is my original work and unpublished. bhowellsinnard@gmail.com, Billy Howell-Sinnard


radiant acquiescence*

the moon she said
is constant in her transformation

the gap widens between us
this brilliance is borrowed

from the Lightgiver
the night fills us with awe

the day ends in longing
for another star

another wish
we've no right to ask



*"who accepts his life with radiant acquiescence” --'Abdu'l-Bahá


this is not my home

i pick up a piece
of driftwood
on the beach

where has it been
where did it come from

i take it home
clean it and give it
a coat of tung oil

the shape of a leg bone
a gnarled joint at the top

lost at sea
now a home
in my study

maybe it came no further
than a few miles east or west

it can't tell me
what gave it such character
to catch my eye

a good walking stick i thought
for my swiftly passing days

[meenas17]

My poem "Pricey Curios" has been nominated by Frank.
I wish to get into the fray but not too sure of the Title.
Can anyone suggest an alternative title?.

[FranktheFrank]

1. name: Ieuan ap Hywel

2. e-mail address: ieuanaphywel@aol.com

3. statement: The two poems below are my original work

4. Both poems are unpublished works

5. I am not representing any other forum in the current IBPC

6. If either poem is chosen then I would like them recorded as below.


*****


Thank you for the nomination Billy.

I am not sure if I should post yet, I still find the process confusing,

when should we post here and why. I personally prefer:
'For want of a Key' and copy Billy in listing the author's preferred poem too.

A Little Bird at Torpantau

'At half past three a single bird
Unto a silent sky
Propounded but a single term
Of cautious melody'

Emily Dickinson, Part Two Nature, III


The heavy engine chugged away,
its pistons pishing clouds
of steam, reciprocating mists.
The iron boiler puffed
and spewed its vapour into dust.

It hauled its way along the track
that led to Torpantau.
At half past three we stopped for tea;
with buttered scones with sweet
red jam all topped with clotted cream.

A little girl sat with her Nan,
she proffered me a word
that helped my poor English.
My compliment brought back
to me, one long approving look.





*****

[FranktheFrank]

To Meena17

Meena, all I can think of is:

Safe British Deposit (1754)

Maybe the other can suggest something better?

[meenas17]

I am not representing any other Board. This is my original and unpublished.
My email -meenas17@gmail.com. Meena

The Safe Vault (1754)

Fascinated I am
not by a painting of Van Gogh,
but by an iron safe, year:1754.

Funny, isn't it to like one
so huge, and sturdy.
Its ruggedness is exquisite.

The charm lies in its structure,
firm and impenetrable.
It has many secret chambers;
its keyholes, visible and invisible,
improves security and invites scrutiny.

The motifs on the door, the brass handles,
the emblem with the words
"Dieu Et Mon Droit" (God And My Right),
supported by a lion and a horse
extend pride to its stature.

I longed to buy one.
Protégé Rajendran
saw not one, but two.
He promises to buy them
for an unbelievable price,
much higher than what
I would have offered.

I probe, check, cross verify.
Is the seller related to Rajendran?
must be for some reason
he is in a hurry.
I pester him. Vexed,
at one stage, he bursts out
Amma, vendam enral solli vidunga
Amma, If you think like this
you are not going to buy them".

Suspicion is not the better
part of my nature.
I trail. I derail.
Rajendran makes up
for my indecisiveness.
He concludes the deal
knowing my penchant for antiques
and my fleeting indignation.

Now, I own impregnable safes.
Do I go with Bertrand Russell?
"In the modern world the stupid
are cocksure while the intelligent
are full of doubt."

[FranktheFrank]

Michael,
may I ask what poems went through for last month to the IBPC?

regards


Frank

[Michael (MV)]

 
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



Michael (MV)

Michael,
may I ask what poems went through for last month to the IBPC?

regards


Frank