August 2007 IBPC Nominations, September Competition Options

[Cleo_Serapis]

Hello,

I'd like to nominate Mistral's Enchanted Forest for it's gentle style, imagery and rhythms.

~Cleo


Enchanted Forest by Mistral

Mystical trees in silhouette
against a starlit moon;
luminous, the scattered beams -
beguilingly they're strewn.
Casting soft, a speckled glow
on shrubs and gentle stream
where lovers lie, entangled there,
immersed within a dream.

Dappled moonlight's glimmering
reflects in loving eyes,
wispy breeze through lucent trees
bequeaths contented sighs.
Spellbound forest moulding here
this perfect lover’s nest,
where doubts and insecurities
are gently laid to rest.

[AMETHYST]

I would like to nominate this poem, Mrs. Hobbit for too many reasons to list, so I will just list a handful ...

1. Each poetic tecnhique is used with such skill, it flows a smooth as butter on warm bread.
2. The emotional imagery comes through as powerful as if the reader is experiencing this first hand.
3. the sounds through out link to each other without notice... blending and forming a lyrical dance of sorts.
4. The subject is handled in such as way that it gives new enthusiasium to the reader.
5. and too many more to list... excellent poetry!

Mrs. Hobbit by Merlin

Mars
Consider this: I’m but a fantasy
that you created out of make-believe,
a figment in your mind! You knew that we
were star-crossed from the start, so now don’t grieve.
When autumn comes, the swallows flock and leave
for greener meadows, sites and sounds they know.
They don’t bemoan those things they can’t retrieve.
It isn’t easy, learning to let go,
but take the dive – you’ll see there is no undertow.


Venus
We could have been a dream, a fantasy
that even J R Tolkien could believe,
if only you had tried. I know that we
got lost inside a labyrinth; don’t grieve
for all that’s lost. It’s what we had to leave
that I regret – those things we’ll never know
are vanished treasures we cannot retrieve.
Our fairytale is done; we let it go
and now it’s only memories we take in tow.