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  Congrats Frank on 3rd Place ! A link to the IBPC page where Frank's poem Trousered Women appears: http://ibpc.webdelsol.com/poems/trousered-women Selected poems & commentary by Joan Colby: http://ibpc.webdelsol.com/2016/06 Congrats to The Writer's Block and fellow-poets recognized from other IBPC ...

  Hi Bob, Fortunately, I misread the title as white shark. This broem (brother + poem) is great for not being a shark   :) As mentioned, your image-making is apt - a shark-like precision in service of surfacing & surviving the Spirit of the broem. workshop illustrated for your perusal & consideratio...

  on earth - in the US of A ll might in God the Almighty - as it is in the Haven of the Humane centerfield & centerstage a couple of ex-centrics stepping from the frames of fame nude of flesh & flash Joe & Marilyn found naked and supernally sensuous                                                   ...

  Thanks, Meenas17, for accepting & for providibg all the needed info. Good Luck in the finals, Meenas17. Now we need a 3rd ASAP. How about Frank's Hausa Girl? As we arrive to the 240th anniversary celebration of our country’s founding A safe & wonderful celebration to us all every one 8) Michael (M...

  Hi Frank, If you don't already have a poem committed to represent another board this upcoming July IBPC, then please consider representing the WB with Hausa Girl. Please reply - accept or decline - in the thread at Palaver Upcoming July IBPC 2016: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6306 ^^ If accepting, please s...

  Hi Meenas17, reading the poem, spending time with it b/c as a reader-writer & human, I related to it. And here I share in toto my workshopping, illustrated for your persual & consideration     -- Michael (MV) Born to parents well-educated and situated, the best was available to me. Unfortunately, ...

Thanks, Billy, for voicing.

re Siva's; as I read here

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6309#p27182

Siva is currently declining the recommendation.




Michael (MV)

Billy wrote:I second Bob' poem and Meena's poem and Siva's.

  Hi Meenas17. Here, I didn't read "orthodoxy and discipline" as a contrast; and I still don't. I definitely differentiate between discipline, which keeps us free & strong against deceitfulness, and punishment, which is pain inflicted by the system when one becomes aware of & responsive to the visio...

Hi meenas17, consider for the first 2 stanzas: Born to parents well-educated and situated, I had the best of all, except orthodoxy and discipline overwhelmed my formative years. I esp like the close - it makes the poem; yet here is my workshop share, as I hear it: When I remember the old man and his...

  Hi Bob, Yes, I understood. After an author chosen to represent has made any edits, etc., then the author posts in this thread the version of the poem - in your case, Bob, Beethoven's Embrace - as the author would like it forwarded to the finals. Thanks, Bob. in the spirit of clarification Michael ...

Thanks Bob for agreeing; now please post here in this thread the poem as you would like it forwarded. Thanks for providing the other needed info. Bob, Good Luck in the finals 8) Michael (MV) Thanks, Michael. I prefer 'Beethoven's Embrace'. I think I'm required to provide these 6 bits of information:...

Bob, Palaver is the place for the thread; next month's will be titled: Upcoming August IBPC 2016 Look for it about the 28th of July. 8) Michael (MV) A question....how does one normally find the upcoming ibpc nominations page? You gave me a link for this month, but I wouldn't know where to look for t...

  Billy, b/c of the cartoon & toy imagery, I though specifically of a child's heart we are all a kid at heart Alive & kicking a joyful sound - the sound of joy 8) Michael (MV) Michael, I misinterpreted your statement about the baby. I thought you were saying the ultrasound was of a baby. Frank, what...

  Bob, of the 2 which is your preference? Looking Back at the Night Van Gogh Shot Himself or Beethoven's Embrace I'm assuming that you have read the rules/guidelines in the initial entry of this thread, and that you don't already have a poem representing for another board this upcoming July IBPC. I ...

  Thanks, Frank, for the prompt response. I understand. Also, I read in this thread that you have nominated Meena's poem Arockiyam - my Driver ; and that Meena is "overwhelmed." Thanks for voicing a nomination. 8) Michael (MV)       I'm not wanting Seceded to go through,   it was a spontaneous poem ...

  I read that Siva has nominated Frank's Seceded: http://www.the-writers-block.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6304#p27151 ^^ Thanks, Siva; here your nomination has been noted. In this monthly IBPC thread, nominated poets can let us know if they are interested and/or available; or not interested and/o...

  Please note: All fellow-poets here at the WB can nominate in the monthly thread at Palaver Upcoming July IBPC 2016: http://www.the-writers-block.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6306 8) Michael (MV) Frank Yes of course. Michael is the one to nominate.We can only second his nomination. S            

  Please note these are MV's nominations; a decision on a final 3 will be soon - hopefully in light of voicing by fellow-poets here at the WB. And Please note the nomination process is open, too, to fellow-poets here at the WB. I'm nominating Billy's Echocardiogram in poetry Also, I believe a poem b...

  Hi Billy, re "though I've had other readers know what it is and really enjoy the descriptions. ^^ consider me one of those readers - I thought that was already communicated in my workshop response. no explanation needed. link to Palaver - Upcoming July IBPC 2016:   http://www.the-writers-block.net...

  Hi Billy, this is haunting by merit of the skillful craftsmanship. The experience of the echo is aptly animated & amplified. workshop: gossamer for "ghostly" "spasticity"   -- yes, precise "Pathetic" -- in accord; not needed With poetry you have recorded the Echocardiogram It's going to be a healt...

  Siva; Frank: Actually, I had considered "once a day"; but then for the time considered it too minor to vary. However, reading now that another reader prefers "once a day," I have taken a further consideration; and in doing so, I find there is merit in "once a day," in lieu of the adverbial "daily....

  Hi Siva, for your perusal & consideration     8)   Michael (MV) Light cuts like a laser across a field of maize, where Amma stands taller. If you think it is a fortune, indeed it is gold. Behn asks, ''Do you gaze at the sky at least once daily? '' The Chinese Calendar happens out there: if you thi...

   Hi Bob, (Please share some of your comment/workshop on the poems of others. From the poems you have posted that I have read, I speculate that you are able to share with fellow-poets here insightful constructive comments in the communal service of workshopping. Thanks, Bob. Also, Bob, I speculate ...

 
Hi Bob,

another variation occurs to me:

For weeks I worried. Would she outgrow
being a problem child,

or with this lineage -

For weeks I worried. Would she
outgrow being a problem child,




Michael (MV)

BobBradshaw wrote:Thanks, Michael. Your suggestion is a good one. Best, Bob

 
 
 
 
 

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. Poems selected to represent the Block are poste...