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by Michael (MV)
26 Jun 2016, 02:53
Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
Topic: Looking Back at the Night Van Gogh Shot Himself
Replies: 9
Views: 19667

Re: Looking Back at the Night Van Gogh Shot Himself

Welcome BobBradshaw

Actually, I have read this several times,

Wonderful to hear Billy say it before

although I'm phrasing it as: with the brilliance of Van Gogh




we are constantly celebrating - with faith art Creativity - that here is not meant to be the forever


8)

Michael (MV)
by Michael (MV)
26 Jun 2016, 02:12
Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
Topic: My Garden Cooled Her Heels
Replies: 8
Views: 19600

Re: My Garden Cooled Her Heels

Hi BobBradshaw, Although, not a major concern to this reader-writer, the 2nd occurrence For weeks I worried. Would my garden always be a problem child, could be as For weeks I worried. Would she always be a problem child, The couplet form is apt for tending this extended metaphor 8) Michael (MV)
by Michael (MV)
25 Jun 2016, 22:39
Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
Topic: Hausa Girl (final version 27 June 2016)
Replies: 6
Views: 13344

Re: Hausa Girl

 
She is so beautiful, he weeps


^^ the tears of joy



8)

Michael (MV)

 
 
 
 
by Michael (MV)
25 Jun 2016, 22:18
Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
Topic: Het Pension
Replies: 7
Views: 14834

Re: We have Left

  Hi Frank, maybe not needed: the common market further political union a reaction to a topical - leaving the union I'm hearing the title as: We have Seceded the contrasting last line speaks not only of the foreign wife; moreover, Universalizes at least as I read it 8) Michael (MV)            
by Michael (MV)
23 Jun 2016, 21:51
Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
Topic: Hiroshema's Children
Replies: 2
Views: 6903

Re: Diptych from the IX

Hi Frank


message in a bottle

message in a diptych



is this meant as is?

Whats it say Professor?

or

What's it say Professor?

or

What does it say Professor?



8)

Michael (MV)
by Michael (MV)
20 Jun 2016, 20:14
Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
Topic: diptych: Summer Solstice 6-20-2016
Replies: 0
Views: 5718

diptych: Summer Solstice 6-20-2016

  I've seen sunny days I believe will never end       -- variation of James Taylor lyric ghost town in extended phase                                                                    Life rekindled with rays                                                                                tunneled   ...
by Michael (MV)
16 Jun 2016, 02:23
Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
Topic: A Card to Mam
Replies: 8
Views: 15670

Re: A Sanatorium Card

 
Hi Frank,


to clarify:

please keep "sanatorium" in the poem as an image: "sanatorium smile."

It is much more powerful there than in the title.


out of the title, but not out of the poem

8)

Michael (MV)

 

 
 
 
 
 
by Michael (MV)
15 Jun 2016, 20:32
Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
Topic: A Card to Mam
Replies: 8
Views: 15670

Re: A Sanatorium Card

  Hi Frank, I miss the earlier title: "A Card to Mam"   or maybe even   "to Mam" the version here is missing "sanatorium smile." "Matron, glancing at his proffered card, affects her condescending sanatorium smile" ^^ save "sanatorium" for that image in the course of the poem I believe this needs to ...
by Michael (MV)
10 Jun 2016, 02:22
Forum: Writer's Block Palaver
Topic: Upcoming June IBPC 2016:
Replies: 12
Views: 24336

Re: Upcoming June IBPC 2016:

Please note: In the initial entry of this thread, it reads: "Poems recommended to represent the Block are posted here in this thread, along with all IBPC required info." Perhaps "selected" is a more precise word choice; and I'm editing "recommended" to "selected." "recommended" refers to poems being...
by Michael (MV)
09 Jun 2016, 19:46
Forum: Writer's Block Palaver
Topic: Upcoming June IBPC 2016:
Replies: 12
Views: 24336

Re: Upcoming June IBPC 2016:

The 3 poems forwarded: Trousered Women Divining Tie That binds. Please note for future reference: The monthly IBPC thread is not designated to be a workshopping thread. After a poem has been selected to be one of the three, and if the poet agrees to the poem representing, then that poem should appea...
by Michael (MV)
06 Jun 2016, 06:32
Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
Topic: Saying Hello
Replies: 7
Views: 21025

Re: Saying Hello

 
Mr. Neff,

Congrats!

commendable according to the reviews

perhaps a read that will probably appear on college reading lists


8)

Michael (MV)

 

 

 
 
 
by Michael (MV)
06 Jun 2016, 01:53
Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
Topic: Trousered Women (1842)
Replies: 3
Views: 8811

Re: Trousered Women (1842)

  Hi Frank, " I will cut down the epigraph by hald, is that what yu wanted?" ^^ I suggest that b/c I believe that is needed - less before beginning the long poem. Frank, ASAP please post the poem in the thread at Palaver as you would like it forwarded to the IBPC finals:               Upcoming June ...
by Michael (MV)
05 Jun 2016, 07:03
Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
Topic: Trousered Women (1842)
Replies: 3
Views: 8811

Re: Trousered Women (1842)

Hi Frank, I'll workshop as time permits. I see you have a copy of the poem over at Palaver, but let's workshop here in the appropriate thread where the poem first appears in the workshop forum. When you have revised/edited, then post the poem over at Palaver, indicating that it is the edition that y...
by Michael (MV)
04 Jun 2016, 07:50
Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
Topic: re Upcoming June IBPC 2016
Replies: 7
Views: 15741

Re: re Upcoming June IBPC 2016

  1/ Hi Frank; 2/ Hi meenas17; et al: I hoped my intial entry in this thread was simple & clear; I even provided a link to the June IBPC thread at Palaver; and I specified to workshop poems in their respective threads - and that's because there was much more posting of poems than workshopping. None ...
by Michael (MV)
03 Jun 2016, 23:55
Forum: Writer's Block Palaver
Topic: Upcoming June IBPC 2016:
Replies: 12
Views: 24336

Re: Upcoming June IBPC 2016:

  Actually, Frank, I was planning on asking you this Friday afternoon: Frank, Ff you don't already have a poem committed to represent for another board in this upcoming June IBPC 2016, would you like to represent with one of your poems posted between May 1st - May 31st. ^^ If so, Please post in this...
by Michael (MV)
03 Jun 2016, 22:27
Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
Topic: Congrats Frank!    1st Place in May IBPC 2016:
Replies: 6
Views: 12780

Congrats Frank!    1st Place in May IBPC 2016:

 
and Thanks Frank, for bringing home a blue ribbon to the Writer's Block


Follow this link to the thread @ Palaver for details:

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6285
 
 
 
  8)

Michael (MV)


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
by Michael (MV)
03 Jun 2016, 22:14
Forum: Writer's Block Palaver
Topic: Poems that placed for the May IBPC 2016:
Replies: 0
Views: 6203

Poems that placed for the May IBPC 2016:

  Congrats Frank on 1st Place ! A link to the IBPC page where Frank's ekphrastic poem The Potato Eaters (1885) appears: http://ibpc.webdelsol.com/poems/the-potato-eaters-1885 Selected poems & commentary by Joan Colby: http://ibpc.webdelsol.com/2016/05 Congrats to The Writer's Block and fellow-poets ...
by Michael (MV)
03 Jun 2016, 21:56
Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
Topic: Frozen
Replies: 5
Views: 12916

Re: Frozen

  Hi Siva, reminds me a bit of the late Stan Rice. Work-shopped below for your perusal & consideration. Please note the spelling: fossilized   :) Siva, if you don't already have a poem committed to represent for another board in this upcoming June IBPC, Please consider allowing this poem currently t...
by Michael (MV)
27 May 2016, 05:40
Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
Topic: re Upcoming June IBPC 2016
Replies: 7
Views: 15741

re Upcoming June IBPC 2016

  In lieu of posting more poems at present, I recommend dedicating time workshopping the ones already posted, in order to prep & arrange for 3 to be forwarded to represent in the June IBPC. Here is the link to the thread @ Palaver: Upcoming June IBPC 2016: http://www.the-writers-block.net/forum/view...
by Michael (MV)
26 May 2016, 03:54
Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
Topic: The Variants
Replies: 5
Views: 11298

Re: The Variants

  meenas17, These invite me to play & share     8)   Michael (MV) A twig branches out -- at least two maybe more branching out -- twin twigs maybe quints or more A tuft of happy grass hair down and blowin' in the breeze - a tuft of happy grass life leaves and the leaf lands life less leaf fall A twi...
by Michael (MV)
25 May 2016, 23:47
Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
Topic: Newbridge Road
Replies: 2
Views: 6993

Re: Newbridge Road

  Hi Frank, 3 lines distributed in a syllabic count of 5 / 7 / 5 does not usually make for a haiku-poem. ^^ however could possibly be a micro-poem of 3 lines I share with you this inexhaustible resource: The Haiku Foundation: http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/ 1/ Traditional haiku (indigenous to the...
by Michael (MV)
24 May 2016, 13:28
Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
Topic: The Umbilical Cord -- Invisible
Replies: 14
Views: 23510

Re: The Umbilical Cord -- Invisible

  Hi meenas17, This poem appeals to me because it speaks of nature or nurture. I believe the miracle of life is not nature(science) - but is nurture(miracle) - "Our Father" Animals(and vampires) feed; humans(Anima) nurture. ^^ at least this is my reading of the poem. Previous drafts have been too wo...
by Michael (MV)
23 May 2016, 08:29
Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
Topic: "Ruth's son-song" (eros reviving psyche)
Replies: 0
Views: 5301

"Ruth's son-song" (eros reviving psyche)

  I am her strong torch son g I can survive here without you but I cannot live continue to be alive forever if not encouraged with the sistine touch of light waves from the ultrasonic aspiration of you for the heart is not earthbound as it is in heaven from the source designated by The Creator the s...
by Michael (MV)
22 May 2016, 12:27
Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
Topic: "Empty Vessels Make The Most Noise, Perfectly."
Replies: 17
Views: 33234

Re: "Empty Vessels Make The Most Noise", Perfectly

  Hi meenas17, working further with that draft   --- michael (MV) "Empty vessels make the most noise, perfectly." Nine out of ten speak highly of themselves, convinced they are flawless gems - indeed such a character is Udayappan, always boasting about his wealth that amounts to a mere hundred thous...
by Michael (MV)
22 May 2016, 06:21
Forum: Writer's Block - Where The Poets Hang
Topic: "Empty Vessels Make The Most Noise, Perfectly."
Replies: 17
Views: 33234

Re: Udayappan, The Ottapanai'

  Hi meenas17, "Empty vessels make the most noise, perfectly" ^^ been a while since I heard that - similar is the Polish saying: "The cow which moos a lot gives little milk." The addition of a pause(the comma) followed with "perfectly," underscores - emphasizes on the peripheral, I'm prompted to spe...