InterBoard Poetry Competition Update

IBPC judge Majid Naficy recently announced his choices in the October competition—once again, none from our Poetry Forum, but as always, interesting reading:

• In first place, he selected “Rain” by Anna Yin, a poem that infuses elemental natural forces with life, chosen by Naficy because “That’s how beauty prevails itself.”
• In second place, he chose “a smooth satirical poem about a ‘forbidden’ love, “Forbidden Lullaby” by Walter Schwim.
• In third place, Majicy put “Without Salt” by Mandy Pannett, a poem that “rests on memory.”
• He also awarded an honorable mention without commentary to one poem: “Bills and Yet More Bills,” a light piece of word-play by Christopher T. George.

And for the November competition, we’re proud to announce three very fine poems entered representing our Poetry Forum:

• “On Preparing to Play Bach Again” by Guy Kettelhack (GuyBlakeKett), a poem that captures the musician’s experience of great music with both subtlety and energy.
• “Johnny Two Bows” by Abigail Weatherspoon (mapovia), an elegiac tale of a man destroyed by the experience of war that sounds like a country western song but has nothing in it of cliche.
• S. Radhamani’s “A Long Wait,” a poem that leaps from the momentary sensations and observations at a bus stop to a symbolic analysis of its society.

Kudos and luck in the judging to all three poets! Please remember to keep your nominations coming in. Any time you see a poem on the Forum that you think would be a worthy envoy to the IBPC, go right to the InterBoard Poetry Competition folder and post it. Address your post to the poet whose work you are nominating—this ensures that the poet will be notified of your nomination, and can post the required permission and information before it’s time for Poetry Guide Margy Snyder to choose the next month’s three entries.

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 and reading links for October - December IBPC judge Majid Naficy