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by Michael (MV)
18 Oct 2016, 07:47
Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
Topic: The Soul of The Infinite.
Replies: 6
Views: 11104

Re: The Soul of The Infinite.

  To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour.                            -- William Blake ^^ Meena, that's how the experience is for you when you see the sea, if I'm understanding you 8) Michael (MV) quote="meenas17...
by Michael (MV)
18 Oct 2016, 07:24
Forum: Writer's Block Palaver
Topic: Sharing my good news with my friends!
Replies: 7
Views: 15716

Re: Sharing my good news with my friends!

  Congrats, Sivakami Velliangiri! Perhaps the shortlist can be regarded as the Honorable Mentions and where your work ranks among a mass of over 54 hundred 200/5400 that's 1/27 - those 200 poems then represent about the top 25% 8) Michael (MV) Pleased to let you know that my poem,'Cremation is not m...
by Michael (MV)
17 Oct 2016, 20:19
Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
Topic: State of Despair [revised 13 Oct 2016]
Replies: 12
Views: 21601

Re: State of Despair [revised 13 Oct 2016]

 
Hi Frank,

In accord w/ Bernie re the last lines

and those strong lines too


8)

Michael (MV)

 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
by Michael (MV)
17 Oct 2016, 06:24
Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
Topic: The Soul of The Infinite.
Replies: 6
Views: 11104

Re: The Soul of The Infinite.

  Hi meenas17,    The soul is the infinite : the infinite is the soul we are in the finite world; nothing is infinite here we can figuratively imagine the infinite in finite metaphors The fathomless ocean in its enormity reflects the countenance of the infinite. or as The fathomless ocean in its eno...
by Michael (MV)
13 Oct 2016, 19:58
Forum: Writer's Block Palaver
Topic: "Bob Dylan wins 2016 Nobel Prize in literature"
Replies: 1
Views: 6636

"Bob Dylan wins 2016 Nobel Prize in literature"

  Approaching 60, I find this wonderful: I have lived to see a pop/rock lyricist receive the Nobel Prize in literature. "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition." ^^ I'm hearing the legendary poet Ezra Pound: "Make it new." http://www.msn.com/en-us/music/ne...
by Michael (MV)
06 Oct 2016, 08:53
Forum: Writer's Block Palaver
Topic: Upcoming October IBPC 2016:
Replies: 25
Views: 58976

Re: Upcoming October IBPC 2016:

 
Siva,

All this time, I had not noticed that.
 
Thanks, Siva for noticing & correcting that typo.


Good Lick in the finals.

8)

Michael (MV)


SivaRamanathan wrote:Michael
Grandma had the mangoes sliced,
seeds intact

originally I had written
seed intact
 
 
 
 
 
by Michael (MV)
05 Oct 2016, 00:21
Forum: Writer's Block Palaver
Topic: Upcoming October IBPC 2016:
Replies: 25
Views: 58976

Re: Upcoming October IBPC 2016:

  Thanks, Siva, posting the corrected final in a fresh entry. Its original entry had turned into a palimpsest   :)   and that's what we hope to avoid by the time the selected poem reaches Palaver. That said, however, I must suggest, since the superscript is lengthy, it needs to remain italicized to ...
by Michael (MV)
04 Oct 2016, 21:41
Forum: Writer's Block Palaver
Topic: Upcoming October IBPC 2016:
Replies: 25
Views: 58976

Re: Upcoming October IBPC 2016:

  Siva (et al) Again, this is in response to Siva's "S.O.S." These are proofreading/grammatical corrections - no major workshop revisions/rephrasing. in the service & interest of preparing to forward & present our 3 to the October IBPC finals, Michael (MV) "Grandmother's Avvakai" is my original poem...
by Michael (MV)
04 Oct 2016, 21:20
Forum: Writer's Block Palaver
Topic: Upcoming October IBPC 2016:
Replies: 25
Views: 58976

Re "S.O.S."

Hi Siva, in reply to your call for assistance, I will make the corrections. I can't activate editorial mode on an entry you or anyone else has initially posted; but I can quote-mode, and make the corrections. Again, this is in response to your "S.O.S." Hopefully, in the future we can tend to these d...
by Michael (MV)
04 Oct 2016, 01:01
Forum: Writer's Block Palaver
Topic: Upcoming October IBPC 2016:
Replies: 25
Views: 58976

Re: Upcoming October IBPC 2016:

Siva, here is checklist of the items to attend to: 1/ apostrophe for the possessive: Grandmother's ^^ Also, you have posted here in the IBPC thread 'Grandma's Avvakai' is my original poem. . . . but then the poem starts Grandmothers Avvakai ^^ Is it to be Grandma's both times; or, Grandmother's both...
by Michael (MV)
04 Oct 2016, 00:42
Forum: Writer's Block Palaver
Topic: Upcoming October IBPC 2016:
Replies: 25
Views: 58976

Re: Upcoming October IBPC 2016:

9-15-2001 (a song of experience) is my original, unpublished poem; and there is not another poem of my authorship representing any other board in the current October IBPC 2016. By that Saturday morning, another small son powers off The Mighty Morphin Rangers, slams down the remote, and demands -- "...
by Michael (MV)
04 Oct 2016, 00:34
Forum: Writer's Block Palaver
Topic: Upcoming October IBPC 2016:
Replies: 25
Views: 58976

Siva, Please asap (Mon Oct 3rd)

"and, Yes, Siva, Please asap, you do need to attend to these via the edit mode where your poem is posted at Palaver. Thanks."  Here is the link to the entry in the thread where your poem is posted here at Palaver: http://www.the-writers-block.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6359#p27559 Thanks, Michael...
by Michael (MV)
02 Oct 2016, 23:49
Forum: Writer's Block Palaver
Topic: Upcoming October IBPC 2016:
Replies: 25
Views: 58976

Re: Upcoming October IBPC 2016:

  Frank, Siva, and et al: Frank, Thank you for your watchful proofreading, although I'm not in complete accord with 2 items: Yes, space before No substitutions Yes, squatted not squat Yes, led not lead L11 mouths and jars must agreed, plural ^^ or rephrase as: she gagged the mouth of each jar with m...
by Michael (MV)
02 Oct 2016, 10:22
Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
Topic: Grandmother's Avvakai
Replies: 24
Views: 39321

Re: Grandmother's Avvakai

  Siva, a superscript is placed between the title and the text; after the title, above("super") the text. the technical term "superscript" is not written. The position, italics, and function indicate that it is a superscript. The word "pickle" is not needed; the reader learns that upon googling that...
by Michael (MV)
02 Oct 2016, 08:47
Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
Topic: Grandmother's Avvakai
Replies: 24
Views: 39321

Re: Grandmother's Avvakai

  Siva, 1/ Please, that needs to be a period after "lobes;" and the apostrophe for Grandmother's. 2/ Present the recipe as a superscript. Note the punctuation; slight edit of the last 2 lines; and consider the addition of, No substitutions. 3/ It now occurs to me: tongue for "vocabulary" - in keepin...
by Michael (MV)
01 Oct 2016, 22:57
Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
Topic: Grandmother's Avvakai
Replies: 24
Views: 39321

Re: Grandmother's Avvakai

 
Siva,

1/ that should be a period after "lobes."

2/ and how about a comma after "mustard."


Sincerely,

Michael (MV)

SivaRamanathan wrote:Michael

Thanks. This will be my final edit on this poem.

Siva
 
 
 
 
by Michael (MV)
01 Oct 2016, 22:51
Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
Topic: Grandmother's Avvakai
Replies: 24
Views: 39321

"I hope Siva's poem is available to represent according . .

  "I hope Siva's poem is available to represent according to all the usual IBPC requirements" ^^ http://www.the-writers-block.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6359#p27556      Siva, Please accept or decline in the thread Upcoming October IBPC 2016 @ Palaver: http://www.the-writers-block.net/forum/viewt...
by Michael (MV)
01 Oct 2016, 18:45
Forum: Writer's Block Palaver
Topic: Upcoming October IBPC 2016:
Replies: 25
Views: 58976

Re: Upcoming October IBPC 2016:

  Thanks, Bob, in the future please wait until notification of selection. Thanks, Bob. Also, "the poem is original and isn't posted anywhere else for a nomination" ^^ how about a statement specifically stating that you don't have a poem representing any other board. Thanks, Bob. Thanks for accepting...
by Michael (MV)
01 Oct 2016, 18:38
Forum: Writer's Block Palaver
Topic: Upcoming October IBPC 2016:
Replies: 25
Views: 58976

Re: Upcoming October IBPC 2016:

I prefer that in this thread, the only 3 poems to appear are the three that are selected. Nominated is not selected; nominated is recommended. Bob's poem happens to be one of the 3 I have selected. The other 2 are Siva's Grandmothers Avvakai ; and 9-15-2001 (a song of experience) ^^ neither of these...
by Michael (MV)
01 Oct 2016, 18:23
Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
Topic: Grandmother's Avvakai
Replies: 24
Views: 39321

Re: Grandmother's Avvakai

  Hi Siva, instead of the line break on a preposition, "of" Two things remain in my memory - the smell of fried mustard and the long list of her husband's head-less paramours. Michael (MV) Grandmothers Avvakai Grandma had the mangoes sliced, seed intact with a fulcrum knife. She squat in the foyer w...
by Michael (MV)
01 Oct 2016, 07:04
Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
Topic: Grandmother's Avvakai
Replies: 24
Views: 39321

Re: None Can Replicate

  Hi Siva, for your perusal & consideration. On my short list for IBPC - my suggestions are not conditional - althoughcorrect punctuation is required. None Can Replicate Grandma had the mangoes sliced, seed intact with a fulcrum knife. She squat in the foyer with porcelain jars lined up like the sev...
by Michael (MV)
28 Sep 2016, 09:59
Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
Topic: " 'Longfellow' is the clear winner for me."   -- Lee Nash
Replies: 3
Views: 8302

" 'Longfellow' is the clear winner for me."   -- Lee Nash

  Congrats Bob Bradshaw on earning 1st Place for creating an insightful biographical memoir with your poetry writing. and Thanks for bringing a blue ribbon recognition to the Writer's Block. Bob, I'm also optimistic about "Longfellow" placing in the yearly; that would be from May 2016 to April 2017....
by Michael (MV)
28 Sep 2016, 09:05
Forum: Writer's Block Palaver
Topic: Poems that placed for August IBPC 2016:
Replies: 3
Views: 9190

Poems that placed for August IBPC 2016:

 
Selected poems & commentary by Lee Nash:

http://ibpc.webdelsol.com/2016/08


Congrats to the Writer's Block, thanks to Bob Bradshaw's poetry writing


and Congrats to fellow-poets recognized from other IBPC boards


8)

Michael (MV)


 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
by Michael (MV)
24 Sep 2016, 09:17
Forum: Writer's Block Palaver
Topic: Upcoming October IBPC 2016:
Replies: 25
Views: 58976

Upcoming October IBPC 2016:

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...
by Michael (MV)
20 Sep 2016, 05:21
Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
Topic: How Did It Go
Replies: 4
Views: 10775

Re: How Did It Go

  Hi Bob, I have read & experienced this poem several times now - it is currently on my short list for the October IBPC, which we will be begin preparing for next week. I like the resonance of "How Did It Go" - the echo of "where did it go" & why, and it's inevitable a memory poem &, Blakean, too, s...