Congratulations Clarabow aka C.J. Costello

[brianedwards]

Our first ever First Place in the IBPC monthly contest!!

Full list of winners can be found here

B.

[Danté]

Way to go Clara, much deserved recognition.

all the best

Danté

[Mic]

Yes congrats C. J. Costello (nice aka!).

Mic

[calico]

Wowee. Well done Clara CJ Costello

[clarabow]

I am leaving thank you messages all over the place. It was nice to see this but sorry for the pull out from the Board. I am in Sweden at the moment and computerless, writing this from the Library! Will be back soon, to catch up then. Kind regards from sunny and sometimes wet Sweden. C+

[Denis Joe]

I am in Sweden at the moment and computerless, writing this from the Library! Will be back soon, to catch up then. Kind regards from sunny and sometimes wet Sweden.

I have had to use the public libray in Liverpool. I hope they have a better system in Sweden.

Anyway. I enjoyed The Catch very much. I don't know what the issue has been with the IBPC (re: Ben Johnson) but they, at least, know excellent poetry when they see it.

My best wishes and congratulations to you.

[BenJohnson]

Very belatedly congratulations on a very well deserved win. Your poems are always a delight to read and any I've seen here would be as worthy of the praise this one has received.

[clarabow]

Thank you for the comments, I am returned from my wanderings and still somewhat bemused by all the Interboard fallout. Particularly I feel for Ben, who wrote a very good poem, (he didn't ask for it to be submitted to the Board) and personally I hate confrontations that detract rather than add to the main purpose - writing poetry. But glad to see despite the fallout that is what the people here are doing. Hope to catch up Clara

[brianedwards]

Yes CJ, the poetry is what's important and I agree it's great that we are all focused on that once again.

Good to have you back!

B.