Caution Tape Poetry Update

Good day, ladies and gentlemen! We hope all is well! We are writing this to update our followers about changes. First, we are still accepting submissions for our Tumblr blog, DIVERSITY. So far, it has been a great success. Thanks to all of the lovely artist that have submitted and allowed us to feature their work. Also, we are moving our information blog to tumblr.com. Blogspot has been great to us, but we are stretching our hands to a larger audience. Here is the link to our new Caution Tape Poetry Information blog on Tumblr: Beyond the Caution Tape

Thank you for your continued support!


To read and follow our DIVERSITY blog, go to DIVERSITY

BEYOND BAROQUE POETRY SUBMISSION (SEPTEMBER 1, 2011 DEADLINE)

Beyond Baroque, one of the United States' leading independent Literary/Arts Centers, is currently accepting submissions for its annual poetry competition. Check out the submissions guidelines, rummage through your own collection of poems, and see if you have one that just may be good enough to be published!

Just in:

ATTENTION POETS:
BEYOND BAROQUE’S ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST IS UNDERWAY!
L.A.’s preeminent literary center conducted its first-ever competition in 2010.
Last year’s success has enabled us to increase the prizes:

$1,000, $500, $250

Final judge is JOYCE JENKINS, editor/publisher of POETRY FLASH.
Winners will be published in the Flash and honored, along with five runners-up,
at an October 16th reading/reception at Beyond Baroque.

Entry deadline: SEPTEMBER 1, 2011 (postmarked)
CONTEST RULES
1. Submit up to three unpublished poems, 40 line limit per poem.
2. All themes and styles welcome.
3. No ID on poems; poet’s name, address, phone, e-mail address
and poem titles on cover sheet.
4. Send entries, including $15 entry fee, to Beyond Baroque Contest,
681 Venice Blvd.,Venice, CA 90291 (snail mail only).
5. Checks payable to Beyond Baroque.
6. No SASE. Poems not returned.
7. Open to CA residents only.
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BEYOND MUSIC is a new and innovative series promoting music specifically of genres outside (beyond) those that are more commonly heard at commercial venues, such as clubs.  Although it is primarily a curated series, proposals may be submitted by sending a CD accompanied by a description of performers and technical requirements to Beyond Music at Beyond Baroque. Please do not email your information with links to a website where your music can be heard. Beyond Baroque appreciates proposals it receives from composers and performers; however, please be advised that limited series dates for the current season and dates already scheduled for future seasons prevent Beyond Music from programming everything of interest. We hope you will come and enjoy the series.
Check our web calendar for the music events listings. 

 

MORE INFORMATION ONLINE AT:  http://www.beyondbaroque.org/

THE PRECEDING INFORMATION WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY CAUTION TAPE POETRY VIA BEYOND BAROQUE'S HOMEPAGE!

Beyond Baroque Literary/ Arts Center - All Rights Reserved - 2011

Charles Banks, Jr. on Wordpress.com

©2009 photo by Carolyn A. Scott

Good afternoon all!!!! Check out Poet Charles Banks, Jr. on Wordpress.com now as he posts poems writing as his two alter egos, CURIOSITY and BLACK ANGEL!!!

ALSO, check him out on facebook.com "Charles Author Banks Jr."

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001119248973

http://charlesbanksjr.wordpress.com/

SAMPLE POEM:

HOMECOMING

I sure do love it here—my childhood home.

I love the comforting, dusty confines of my twenty-year-old asylum.

Everyone I know and love are accounted for tonight!

Uncle Repent sits at the kitchen table with his thermos cup of rum.

He thinks he has everyone fooled, but we all know better.

Grandpa Regret laughs at his sinful past.

He used to tell me stories when I was little about the crazy life he’d led on.

And now, in his older age, he might as well set up residence at the nearest confessional.

Meanwhile, my dad, Shame, stares out the kitchen window.

He is fixated on our next door neighbor, Mrs. Unsatisfied.

And a dishonorable glimpse at his band of commitment ensues.

My mother, Irretrievable, marvels in at her latest shopping exploits.

She always had a liking to covert attire and opaque shades.

My twin aunts, Disguise and Deception, rummage through my mom’s closet.

They always wore the sneakiest of smiles whenever they came around.

For the first time ever, all my siblings were gathered in the same room.

Modest, Destitute, and Seclusion, share a hot meal at the dining room table.

All my cousins were in attendance, too!

I heart Smart-Ass pull up in his new 7-Series BMW.

Despite my advice over the phone, he went ahead and bought a foreign vehicle.

I also heart about the latest exploits of Ticking-Time-Bomb.

He’d thrown a classroom chair at his 7^th grade English teacher.

I guess he must have hated the Great Gatsby’s ending.

And Mr. Know-It-All got married while I was away.

I guess I’ll refer to his wife as Mrs. Smarty Pants!

My whole family is here for my homecoming tonight.

I guess I should unpack my bags and mingle with the crowd.

I love you guys!

Always and forever,

-        Charles

© 2011 by Charles Banks, Jr.

Writing as BLACK ANGEL

EXCERPT FROM THE UPCOMING BOOK OF POEMS "OPEN WINDOW"

A Few Words From Charles Banks, Jr.

      Greetings to all readers my name is Charles and I would like to cordially welcome each of you to my pet project, Caution Tape Poetry. When the initial thought of creating Caution Tape came to me, I wanted to create not only a forum for aspiring poets, published poets, and those who merely write for fun, to come together and celebrate in what makes poetry so special, so intriguing to all of us poetry lovers. A little background on myself: I have been writing poetry since the age of twelve. My early work was inspired by my first dwellings in love. I admit my early work can be classified as cliché, immature, and naïve. But as time went on, I developed an attraction for poems that dealt with the wandering man, and poems about philosophy.

    Also, I have published three collections of poetry, A Rose in the Name of Love, Angel’s Passion, and The Flower That Wasn’t Meant to Blossom. My first book was self-published at Lulu.com which is a self-publishing site that aids in editing, cover design, marketing, and publication of books of poems, cook books, picture books, and many more. My second and third book of poems were published with PublishAmerica which is a self-publishing agency in Baltimore, Maryland that also aids in publication of short stories, novels, collections of poems, and more!

     I welcome everyone to step beyond the caution tape and to indulge in the crime scene that is Caution Tape Poetry! Just remember, step beyond the yellow tape at your own peril!

            Sincerely, Charles Banks, Jr.