Nominations for poems posted in July
I hope it's ok that I began this thread as I didn't see one -Can't get rid of the highlighting!Une Jeune Fille de Paris by BernieShe was the only person in the room unaware of how pretty she was....
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Thanks for the nomination Alison and the second Terry. Here is my edited version.I Once Made Fire by Striking a Flint.Straight line wind, vengeful as wealth,snaps limbs and knocks over oaks.A night...
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I nominate Chris George's poem We Celebrate with Veuve Clicquot Our late Empereur would approve, we believe, as we clink flutes, satiated, lying in satin sheets. The midnight rendezvous is detailed,...
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NOMINATED BY GRETA Why I can't stop myself being in love with staying up so late by Alison I can see in the straight-sided lawn laid out, late in the late night, sprinklers freshening boxwood, the...
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I second 'Why I can't stop myself being in love with staying up so late'.
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for the wonderful volcabulary, Ant's poem of the month is..... Cell of a Chartreuse Monk, I and II by Osel.
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A father like mineby GretaA father like minedid not work in an officenor in any factory. Too many people,too many rules. He took a bag lunchto his grab bag of jobs: cleaningup after autopsies, digging...
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I third Bernie's Having it out with Schizophrenia
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", vengeful as wealth" !!!! ~~~Can some of these poems be rolled over into August? There seem to be too many good ones..!Thanks, Ant. Thanks John, too. And thank you Bob, and Greta!
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I third To the Son I Never Had by Kendall Witherspoon.
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I third "A Father Like Mine" by Greta the Great
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Thank you all for a great month of writing, nominating, and voting. We have submitted the following poems.Cell of a Chartreuse Monk, I and IIby Osel (Alison)To the Son I Never Hadby KendallA father...
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can we, who have nominated, just slip the already-nominated directly into the August pool... for fresh consideration?
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If I'm understanding your question correctly, no. The poem has to be posted (by the author) in August, so the author would have to post it in the main Poetry forum. You could privately tell the author...
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I vote for A's poem:Why I can't stop myself being in love with staying up so late by Alisonbernie henrie
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