Upcoming March IBPC 2017:

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Michael (MV)
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Upcoming March IBPC 2017:

#1 Post by Michael (MV) » 26 Feb 2017, 04:08

 
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4/and unpublished work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)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Re: Upcoming March IBPC 2017:

#2 Post by FranktheFrank » 26 Feb 2017, 15:58

Meena: Doing Something with the Nothing

Siva: Poet with 20:20 Vision

Michael: Davidic

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At this time, Re: Upcoming March IBPC 2017:

#3 Post by Michael (MV) » 28 Feb 2017, 23:27

 
At this time,

will each nominated poet let us know

if the nominated poem is or is not

available for further consideration


Thanks,

Michael (MV)
 

 

 

  
 
 

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Re: Upcoming March IBPC 2017:

#4 Post by Michael (MV) » 28 Feb 2017, 23:33

 
I'm adding Bob's A Dog's Bowl to the nom-nods


Thanks, Michael (MV)

FranktheFrank wrote:Meena: Doing Something with the Nothing

Siva: Poet with 20:20 Vision

Michael: Davidic
 
 
 
 

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Re: Upcoming March IBPC 2017:

#5 Post by BobBradshaw » 01 Mar 2017, 21:21

Thank you, Michael!

1/Bob Bradshaw

2/bobbybradshw@yahoo.com

3/The poem is my original

4/and unpublished work

5/and that I am not representing in the current IBPC

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

A Dog's Bowl

We walked in the park at dusk.
I pointed out shapes in the clouds--
a dog's bowl, a biscuit, a rabbit.

Treatments for his cancer
left Roy weakened, withdrawn,
his food bowl barely touched.

I buried him in the back yard.
A stutter of dirt my pathetic eulogy.
I'm not a sentimental man

but sometimes I sit up
in the middle of the night
with moist eyes, my nose wet.

Grief surprises me at any time
but especially at dusk,
with the undisturbed sparrows

hidden in their branches, the clouds
with their vague shapes...

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Re: Upcoming March IBPC 2017:

#6 Post by Michael (MV) » 03 Mar 2017, 06:02

 
Thanks, Bob,

and Good Luck in the finals,

Michael (MV)

BobBradshaw wrote:Thank you, Michael!

1/Bob Bradshaw

2/bobbybradshw@yahoo.com

3/The poem is my original

4/and unpublished work

5/and that I am not representing in the current IBPC

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

A Dog's Bowl

We walked in the park at dusk.
I pointed out shapes in the clouds--
a dog's bowl, a biscuit, a rabbit.

Treatments for his cancer
left Roy weakened, withdrawn,
his food bowl barely touched.

I buried him in the back yard.
A stutter of dirt my pathetic eulogy.
I'm not a sentimental man

but sometimes I sit up
in the middle of the night
with moist eyes, my nose wet.

Grief surprises me at any time
but especially at dusk,
with the undisturbed sparrows

hidden in their branches, the clouds
with their vague shapes...
 
 
 
 

FranktheFrank
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Re: Upcoming March IBPC 2017:

#7 Post by FranktheFrank » 04 Mar 2017, 01:36

What poems are going through Michael?

Michael (MV)
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Friday March 3rd   Re: Upcoming March IBPC 2017:

#8 Post by Michael (MV) » 04 Mar 2017, 06:29

 
Thus far, Bob has accepted & provided all the needed info.

At this time I accept to represent with "davidic"


Waiting for a 3rd.


ASAP Please


Michael (MV)



FranktheFrank wrote:What poems are going through Michael?
 

 
 
 
 
 

meenas17
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Re: Upcoming March IBPC 2017:

#9 Post by meenas17 » 04 Mar 2017, 11:34

1. Meena
2. meenas17@gmail.com
3. It is my original.
4. It is unpublished.
5. I am not representing the current IBPC

The poem as I would like it forwarded


Doing Something Worth The Nothing.

My friends ask
"What do you do all day?"
I smile.

It is been not once.
I want to ask them
"What do you want me to do?"

They continue with a curiosity,
"How do you spend time in a small town?"
I laugh.

It has been on several occasions.
I wish to question them
"Small or big, does it matter?"

They do not stop the interrogation.They go further.
"Why not you come out with your schedule?'
I burst out laughing.

If I reveal my itinerary, they would be shocked.
What is my time table? The first time, I think of it.

How to draw reliable programmes?

I google. I research. I seek help from software technology.
Nowhere, could I find my pursuit. I spend the whole week.
It strikes the chord. This is the way I spend time.

Doing something worth the nothing.
meenas17

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Re: End of Month Sloth Inaction and Lethargy

#10 Post by FranktheFrank » 04 Mar 2017, 14:00

Hello all,
there seems to be a weak element in our process,
I nominated three poems six days ago.

Michael (MV)
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Re: Upcoming March IBPC 2017:

#11 Post by Michael (MV) » 05 Mar 2017, 05:57

Thanks, Meena,

Good Luck in the finals

Michael (MV)

 
meenas17 wrote:1. Meena
2. meenas17@gmail.com
3. It is my original.
4. It is unpublished.
5. I am not representing the current IBPC

The poem as I would like it forwarded


Doing Something Worth The Nothing.

My friends ask
"What do you do all day?"
I smile.

It is been not once.
I want to ask them
"What do you want me to do?"

They continue with a curiosity,
"How do you spend time in a small town?"
I laugh.

It has been on several occasions.
I wish to question them
"Small or big, does it matter?"

They do not stop the interrogation.They go further.
"Why not you come out with your schedule?'
I burst out laughing.

If I reveal my itinerary, they would be shocked.
What is my time table? The first time, I think of it.

How to draw reliable programmes?

I google. I research. I seek help from software technology.
Nowhere, could I find my pursuit. I spend the whole week.
It strikes the chord. This is the way I spend time.

Doing something worth the nothing.
 
 
 
 

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