Double Bill - The Poetic Bond IX + Nine Frames

For 26 days only, Willowdown Books are offering a double bill of their latest two volumes -

The Poetic Bond IX - featuring 91 poems by 43 poets AND Nine Frames, featuring 9 short stories from across the world. This offer available only at www.thepoeticbond.com/PBIX75.htm

Nine Frames

Featuring the winners of The Cunningham Short Story Competition

?(1) Thumbs Up by Teri Bran; A shy man’s unrequited love for the girl next door, until an accident brings them together.  (2) The Race by Mike Friers; Frank races for love, both on the racing circuit, and the heart. (3) Misanthropes by Dean Gessie; Sally and Jon’s sparring over the environment, and baby eels, leads to love – kind of … (4) White Flags by R.D Girvan; A dystopian future where life is the choice between euthanasia and slavery. (5) Your Table is Ready by Gregg Voss; The seasoned Maitr’D Mel may find himself made redundant by an up and coming rival – a robot called RAB. (6) Elan by Kevin Michael Patrick; Should you ask someone to marry you on a first date? (7) Starlight by Piet Pedersson; Night dwelling, stargazer, George, is sent to Lapland with his Aunt Mabel: which may not be the adventure they have. (8)Serious as a Heart Attack by Lynne Zotalis; An honest diary of coping with age and continuing to live on.  PLUS, a further short story by the editor (not in competition) - (9) George by Trevor Maynard: a memoir of my grandfather and the cat who was named after him.

THE POETIC BOND IX

The ninth, annual, international poetry anthology in The Poetic Bond Series. 91 poems by 43 poets from 9 countries, drawn from new media, professional and social networking, giving a snapshot of 2019 which could be said to capture the zeitgeist of contemporary poetry

The Poets of The Poetic Bond IX (2019) are Ann Huang (USA), Annette Gagliardi (USA), Anthony Frobisher (UK), Bonnie J. Flach (USA), Brian M. Falconer (UK), Carrie Magness Radna (USA), Cathryn Glenday (USA), Chris Barras (UK), Christine Anderes (USA), Christopher Maloney (USA), Cigeng Zhang (China), Diana Wend (UK), Diane Burrow (UK). Edna George (UK), Helen H. Moore (USA), Henry Bladon (UK), Ian Colville (UK), J.M. Greff (USA), Janette Bendle (Australia), Janice McLouglin (USA), Jim Wilson (USA), Joseph Sinclair (UK), Jude Neale (Canada), Kayla Matheson (USA), Kewayne Wadley (USA), Linda Mills (USA), Luke Zachary Maynard (UK), Lynne Zotalis (USA), Madeline Heit Lipton (USA), Maja Herman Sekulic (USA/Serbia), Mariangela Canzi (Italy). Marie Youssefirad (USA), Marli Merker Moreira (Brazil), Richard Smith (USA), Robert Rubino (USA), R.H. Peat (USA), Stephen Kirin (UK), Stuart Forrest (USA), Tania Melick (Lebanon), Trevor Maynard (UK), William di Benedetto (USA), Wybrig de Vries (Canada)

Comments on The Poetic Bond Series

“A book to carry with you for moments of meditative thought.” Diane Jardel (Eire)

“The poetry that fills this book is moving, deep and affirming ... A beautiful publication that will rest on top of my favorite books of poetry.”Nicholas Chiarkas (WI, USA)

“I am very impressed with much of the excellently crafted writing" Robin Hislop (UK, artvilla.com)

Biographies of the Poets of the year’s anthology available at https://www.thepoeticbond.com/PBVIIIbiogweb.htm

THE POETIC BOND CHOICE POETS’ CHOICE AWARDS 2019

The poets of The Poetic Bond cast their votes to choose the three poems that most inspired them, or affected them, or indeed, they just liked the most. 

(1st) Path to the Beach – by Henry Bladon

(2nd) Papaya King – by Helen H Moore

(3rd) I Was – by Brian M Falconer

Each poet receives an award of $25.

Full details at www.thepoeticbond.com