One of ours awarded third place in the September IBPC

Congratulations to Bill Brando, whose poem “prohibited disorder kids” placed third in this month’s InterBoard Poetry Competition. This was his first turn representing our Poetry Forum in the IBPC, and judge Deborah Bogen was impressed with his skill in using the sounds of the street to make a poem: “Making street-talk work in poems is an art, and this poet uses fantastic inner sound effects to do that, keeping the slangy phrases from becoming a prosey recitation....” Bravo, Bill!

The other winning poems Bogen chose for September were:

• In first place, “Beached” by Laura Polley, a poem that “takes description to the level of invocation.”
• In second place, “Ghazal of the Honed Knife” by Sarah Sloat, a poem that “showcases the strength of the form... (especially since it is done with a simple lexicon--no fancy ‘poetic’ words here).”

Bogen also chose three poems from three different boards for honorable mention: “Bronx Swans” by Bernard Henrie, “Indian Grass” by Rich Stewart & “Once Upon a Time” by Eric Linden.

Related resources:
About the IBPC
Requirements for IBPC nominees
Anthology of the monthly IBPC winning poems
Archive of poems entered in the IBPC from our Poetry Forum