A Showcase For P H Poets: November 2015: Section 'a'...[10th Monthly Showcase Of Poems; Some Changes; A New Poem Introduction! ; “fun”? ] Poem by Bri Edwards

[introductory poem]:

From February’s showcase, this has ballooned;
our showcases with fine poems are festooned!
My thanks to participants now go out,
to the writers and readers (‘what it’s about’) .

I’ve made some changes I’ll mention below;
hopefully they’ll make these showcases glow...
...even MORE!

I hope there are more readers than comments indicate,
but this is to be enjoyed, so if you are late,
OR never bother to leave any comments here,
don’t worry! I’ll not drop tears in my stale beer.

(October 27, 2015)

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If you are not familiar with, or if you can’t remember how this showcase business “works”, please feel free to read the introductory remarks made by me in previous showcases.

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‘NEW’ INFORMATION about how showcases work.

[You can read all of this OR just send poem(s) and TRUST ME!

BRIEFLY, THERE WILL BE AT LEAST TWO (2) SECTIONS TO FIND POEMS IN in November (and perhaps in future months as well) . bri :) :)

1= I plan in November to have at least two (2) “Sections”, and probably more. Each section will consist of a “poem” starting with the words “A Showcase …”, and indicating the month, the year, and ‘Section A’, ‘Section B’, ‘Section C’, etc.

2- Section “A” shall contain poems submitted by members, with each poem consisting of “not many more than 12 lines”. Each poet may have one or two poems in this Section “A”.

3- Section “B” shall contain poems generally longer than 12 lines, but shorter than 51 lines. Each poet may have ONE poem in this Section “B”.

[Will Bri E. remember all this? ]

4- Section “C” shall contain ‘second’ poems [or LATE ‘first’ poem submissions] from any poet who submits one or two poems “generally longer than 12 lines, but shorter than 51 lines”.

5- Section “D”, if needed, shall contain poems submitted which are generally more than 50 lines each. ONE poem per poet is allowed in this section.


Also “NEW” in November:

I shall give a “CHALLENGE TOPIC” out to poets who wish to be challenged to write one or more poems using my suggested topic. [the idea for this came from Brian Johnston’s extinct monthly ‘title challenge contest’, which he (and I) ‘ran’ for several months about a year ago] This is still NOT a contest, but just a showcase. Any poems (submitted for a showcase) which are based on “the topic” shall be placed in the appropriate “Section” by me, according to length, NOT by topic.

For November, my chosen 'Challenge Topic' is THE EXTINCTION OF MANKIND. This may be short, or long, serious or not, and deal with the 'extinction' happening OR not happening. Chose your own title. :) :)


[The October showcase, found in two sections, “A” and “B”, in my list of poems, had about 50 poems by about 25 poets. My thanks to all who wrote poems and who read poems. I hope you enjoyed some of them! ]

I shall start off the November showcase, Section “A”, with a poem by yours truly, Bri Edwards. :)
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THE POETS:
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THREE: ?

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TWO: ?

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ONE: BRI EDWARDS (United States; Male; 67) (1st poem)

Biker Days

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THE POEMS:

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ONE: by Bri Edwards


Biker Days

Biker names like 'Switch', turn me on,
unlike common ones like Bob and John.

With my gang, I rode high and tight.
Each open road was a beautiful sight.

We wore our colors and did the tuck,
and with the highway cops we did not f++k.

The end came quickly; i hit a pothole in a bend.
That fateful day my biker days and nights did end.

(July 29,2014)
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Bri's note: The Poet's note (on this poem's page) explains some of the biker terms used in the poem.
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Bri :) :)