{"id":972,"date":"2008-06-14T23:03:10","date_gmt":"2008-06-15T03:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/?p=972"},"modified":"2008-06-14T23:03:10","modified_gmt":"2008-06-15T03:03:10","slug":"fountain-ibpc-honorable-mention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/2008\/06\/14\/fountain-ibpc-honorable-mention\/","title":{"rendered":"Fountain (IBPC Honorable Mention)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just received word that the most recent draft of “Fountain” (first posted<\/a> in wordcurrents<\/em> March 16, 2008) has received an Honorable Mention in the May Interboard Poetry Competition (IBPC). The poem was named Poem of the Week in Wild Poetry Forum, then was selected as one of three poems to represent Wild Poetry Forum in IBPC for the month of May.<\/p>\n

Here is the most recent draft of “Fountain”, preceded by the Wild Poetry Forum Administrator’s announcement and followed by the Judge’s comment:<\/p>\n

Many congratulations are in order for Douglas Hill who received an Honorable Mention this month in the competition. Way to go, Douglas! We are very happy for you. We would like to sincerely thank our other entrants \u2013 Dale McLain and Lois P. Jones (Emusing) \u2013 for representing WPF and for their participation. Wild sends out congratulations to all the winning poets and boards. We send special congratulations to Sarah J. Sloat, a much beloved member here at Wild too, for her first place honors for The Waters forum. Good luck to all in next month\u2019s competition! <\/span><\/p>\n

Honorable Mention
\nFountain
\nby Douglas Hill
\nWild Poetry Forum<\/p>\n

I recall the spiral down the spit-fountain
\nin my father’s dental chamber: I leaned
\ntoo long over the sucking shiny throat,
\nstalled, steeling against my return to
\nhis adept hands wielding instruments
\nthat would drill precisely into my fault.<\/p>\n

I lay back dry mouthed on that baroque
\nblack barbershop chair, as if for a trim,
\nscissors on the sides; resigned to the rest,
\nlonging for a sip of water, some respite.
\nHe turned secretively as he would in
\nthe kitchen to decant a tumbler of scotch.<\/p>\n

The pestle riffed a hard hissing mantra:
\nhe urged it against the mortar, mixing
\nthe mystic silver-mercury amalgam;
\nthen into me flooded the moment of bonding
\nmore intimate than thirst:
\nhis soft warm fingers in my mouth.<\/p>\n

Judge\u2019s Comments:
\nI’m the dictionary definition of a daddy’s girl, and this gentle poem–so full of specific detail, yet at its center a tender and intense moment between father and child–hit me right in the heart. –Patricia Smith<\/em><\/strong>
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