Our Envoys to the December InterBoard Poetry Competition

With thanks to the Forum poets who stepped up this month and nominated their favorites, we’re proud to announce the three poems selected to represent our Poetry Forum in this month’s InterBoard Poetry Competition:

• “Small Talk and Parking Lots” by Shannon Monique Vandawalker, a densely symbolic picture of an enigmatic interpersonal encounter, praised by its nominator, BebopPoet, because “Every line packs a punch and it is SO authentic and evocative.”
• “30,240 Minutes Ago,” by Theo Vogdanis (boyatthewindow), a poem that delicately outlines internal change in the frame of a view out the poet’s kitchen window, and one that drew comments from its readers noting its “striking imagery” and “masterful artistry.”
• “The Benefit of Nostalgia,” by Jeffrey S. Lange (Runatyr), a delicious evocation of an autumnal mood carried in the sounds of rain and skittering leaves.

Good work from all three poets, and we sent them off to the IBPC judges with high hopes!

More on the IBPC:
General information
Requirements for IBPC nominees
Anthology of the monthly IBPC winning poems
Archive of poems entered in the IBPC from our Poetry Forum
Background information, poem links and book-buying links for current IBPC judges Hélène Cardona and John FitzGerald