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Honorable Mention Kirby Wright

Vypadni

The boy and girl fish from the Vitava’s bank.

He holds the pole—they share a cigarette.
They work hard shortening the smoke
But their puffs are weak.
The bait’s red float bobs in a boat’s wake.
The boy passes the cigarette.
“Vypadni!” he calls to the boaters.
The boy’s father chops cords of wood
Behind a wire fence.
Maple burns warmth in their home
As his wife sautés paprika chicken
With greasy dumplings.
He stacks kindle and studies his son.
He remembers fishing the river
With Anka, his snoubenka.
There’s moaning
And the smell of blood.
He still sees the Russian soldiers
Luring Anka down the grass bank
With Sobranie mint cigarettes.

©2012 Kirby Wright

Notes:

vypadni: beat it
snoubenka: fiancée

About the Author Kirby Wright

Kirby Wright was a Visiting Fellow at the 2009 International Writers Conference in Hong Kong, where he represented the Pacific Rim region of Hawaii. He was also a Visiting Writer at the 2010 Martha’s Vineyard Residency in Edgartown, Mass., and the 2011 Artist in Residence at Milkwood International, Czech Republic. He is the author of the companion novels PUNAHOU BLUES and MOLOKA’I NUI AHINA, both set in the islands.

Honorable Mention Stephen Bell

Entertainment Law

To a bemused Troll lying beneath Chappaquiddick Bridge
For it was easily passed over in the belief of his conspiracy
This voyeur’s blue eye centred on an Hex induction hour
Allied collectives support the new sons of temperance.

The turmoil of ever shifting power collides with hope
The ferocity of change and the manner it deflates
An exchange of transparencies and difficulties convince
In the annals of power where two Libran's meet

The provenance of the pact gives re-style to the gun
Kill Teams are languishing in the hot countries of the Middle East
Retro shadows of the death squads of El Salvador
For your masters’ internet, this is your entertainment law
 
©2012 Stephen Bell

Dedication

Stephen Bell dedicates this poem to Bill Hicks RIP and Jello Biafra.

About the Author Stephen Bell

Stephen Bell was born January 18, 1964. Living and writing in Egremont, Cumbria, he is father to two sons and husband to author Shawn-a-lee McCutcheon-Bell.

His work is a mixture of poetry versus story. A blend that leaves the reader open to their own interpretation. He has contributed his talents to the books 'Reverence of Rune', 'Death Do We Part', as well as co-authoring the poetry novel 'Snips in Time'.

Find Stephen on the web at
www.myspace.com/grumpypunkk or http://salsteve.blogspot.com

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The Political Poet 2012 Contest Finalists Announced

The Political Poet would like to thank everyone who submitted poems for the Poetry Month Competition in Honor of Robert Frost. Poets brought the heat this year making the judging fierce. Many poems were entered, but only a few could be chosen as finalists. We would like to remind poets having the courage to submit poems makes you winners regardless of placing as finalists or not. Finalists’ poems and bios will be posted throughout the month of April. Any Honorable Mentions will be posted at the end of March.

Place	Poet	Poem	Location
First	Katherine Mercurio Gotthardt	You Made Me Feel Illegal	Virginia
Second	Bob McNeil	Billfold Souls	New York
Third	Julie Heckman	Sanity	California
Fourth	Alice Connally Fisk	OBAMA 2012	New York
Fifth	Taunja Thomson	Reflection (after E.D.)	Kentucky
Honorable Mention	Stephen Bell	Entertainment Law	England

Honorable Mention	Kirby Wright	Vypadni	California
Honorable Mention	Renee V. McCormick	Principal Deficit	New York

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Join Me on the Radio Show At the Water with Host Double K

March 21st 9PM est I'll be a guest on the radio talk show At the Watercooler with host Double K on the Z Talk Radio. To join, click the link below and hit the "listen and chat" choice at the top of the page, that will bring you to the interactive chat room.
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