The Poetic Bond VII

CAPTURING THE POETRY OF TODAY - This is the seventh, annual, international poetry anthology in The Poetic Bond Series - 112 poems by 50 poets from 11 countries, drawn from new media, professional and social networking, giving a snapshot of 2017 which could be said to capture the zeitgeist of contemporary poetry. The Poets of 2017 are: Amber Jimenez-Flores (US), Annel Bell Martin (US), April Fallon (US), Belinda DuPret (UK) Betty Bleen (US), Melissa Bird (UK), Diane Burrow (UK), Christine Anderes (US), Cigeng Zhang (China), Chris Maynard (UK), Darrell Wright (US), Deborah Nyamekye (Ghana), Denisa Parsons (US), Elaine Battersby (UK), Fiona Sullivan (UK), Bonnie J. Flach (US), Flavia Cosma (Canada), Gil Franke (US), Kelli Gunn (Canada), Pamela Hope (US), Jane Johann (US), Joseph Simmons US), Joseph Sinclair (UK), Karen Henneberry (Canada), Karen Nurenberg-Rothstein (US), Kayla Matheson (US), Sajida Khan (UK), Lee Landau (US), Lexene Burns (Australia), Madeline Lipton (US), Lizzie La Pool (UK), Tatjana Loncarec (Croatia), Low Kwai Chee (Malaysia), Marcia Weber (UK), Mariangela Canzi (Italy), Marie Youssefirad (US), Mustofa Munir (US), Nancy Scott (US), Pedro Cunha (Portugal), Richard Glen Smith (US), Robin Ouzman Hislop (Spain), Suzanne Askham (UK), Nana Tokatli (Greece), Tom Sterner (US), Trevor Maynard (UK), Vensa Adriana Arsenic (US), Brian Walker (UK), William DiBenedetto (US), Wybrig J. De Vries (Friesian and Canada), Lynne Zotalis (US). New for 2017 THE POETIC BOND CHOICE POETS' CHOICE AWARDS 2017. Poets selected for the anthology, this year, got to vote for the three poems in the anthology which they find most engage and inspire them. The poems that win the most votes, in a 1-2-3 preferential voting system, will receive an cash award. This year The Poetic Bond Poets' Choice Award Winners for 2017 are Betty Bleen for "Dancing in the Moonlight" Flavia Cosma for "I Gathered It All..." and Fiona Sullivan for "Coming Home" . THE POETIC BOND is an annual anthology, accepting submission every year from 31st March to 30th June.