Hello my name is Linda D.Bohannon. I have been nominated by the Poetry Society for Poet of the Year several times & feel it's an honor. However, I haven't been able to get to any of the conventions because of the cost involved.
I have been invited several times to submit an unpublished poem for publication to the "Elite Poets" Special Volumes. I have in my collection over 50 poems. I've lost count...I still have many I need to type up as most are in handwritten form. Scribbles at best ...but alas that is what a poet does :) We grab what piece of paper, or napkin we have nearby before our thoughts escape us. :)
You can see my first requested submission at Poetry.com in the publication "America at the Millennium" book --named "Hope" which was released September 2000.
The difference in the request and submiting a poem for a contest is this--I am being judged by the quality of my work based on the previous submissions, then asked for to submit an unpublished poem which is then guaranteed for publication--I do not have to wait to see if it will be chosen. This is a great honor for me. As I am being recognized for my talents. I have been informed that there is a contest for this submission, but that the publication is guaranteed.
I've been fortunate to have all the poems i've submitted published in some volume or another.
I hope to raise funds for publication of a collective of my work one day.
My hopes for the future are to work in the direction of songwriting. Especially country music. I have a few in the works already. I love to listen to country songs, its amazing how a poet can hear the rhyming of the verses--poetry in the background. Stories they tell.
I have five posted at Poetry.com. "The Pearl in the Shell", "Grandma's Eyes", "A different Best Friend" & The Millennium Publishing "Hope" and "Forgotten but Remembered" which is the new one just submited for the Montel Williams special gift to support MS.
I also have one called "Air Waves" by Linda D. LeCompte. A few years back.
I hope you will enjoy them as I loved writing them. Yours truly, LynnDB
My other musical favorites besides keith Urban link range from Celine Dion to the BackStreet Boys, to Savage Garden. Growing up with Elton John --I have a whole collection of his music.
I believe if there were no music, we'd have a society that could not cope.
Music thru artist & poets...who help release these feelings of "Hope"
Not only do so to help themselves but to help others relate
and let them know they are not alone in their silent fate.
For isn't that what Hope is --that we can get through our sorrow,
knowing deep inside that we can look forward to the rainbow
& a brighter Tomarrow.
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