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Dr.Ram Mehta
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I am a native of India, 79 years old. My two sons live in Detroit.MI and Charlotte NC and a son and a daughter in Canada. My grandson lives in Atlanta GA. I was born in Dwarka (Where Lord krishna ruled), had been a professor and Head, Department of English, N.A.Arts College, V.Vidyanagar, Gujarat, India. After retirement as a professor and Head of English in 1994, I split my time between India and North America.

 I visited France on a cultural mission in 1989 and presented a scene of the French dramatist Moliere's La Tartuffe in Paris.I also visited UK, Scotland and Ireland. I am a life member of the World Academy of Arts & Culture and attended its convention at IASI, Romania in October, 2002 and 25th World of Congress at Los Angeles in August, 2005. I also attended 4th Encuentro Internacional Literario at Montevideo, Uruguay in April, 2003.

I have been awarded the honorary degree of Litt.D -by The World Academy of Arts and culture at Los Angeles (USA), in 2005 (UNESCO sponsored).

My poems are published in Algeria, Australia, Argentina, Canada, India, Ireland, Italy, Nepal, New Zealand, Romania, Turkey, USA, UK, Uruguay and Zambia.

Balassi Stanza Contest...

Blog Posted by Dr.Ram Mehta: 10/1/2011 11:46:00 PM

   Hope the following lines explain the querries I have received from some poets.
 

(1)I have already posted a blog on 28-9-11 to list an entry as Rhyme as the Balassi form   
     is not available on PS.

 (2) Balassi stanza has many variations in its rhyme scheme. But I have preferred 
        bbaccadda for my contest. Please refer to the following link :   
      
http://volecentral.co.uk/vf/balassi.htm


Please feel free if you have any question about the contest,

Thanks,







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Date: 10/20/2011 9:29:00 PM
Dr. Ram. Thanks for the info...apparently, I missed your blog. While the soup was down, I found a deep appreciation for the numerous types of poetry that you and other contest sponsors try to expose us to. Thank you. It is mind-boggling and I see you just went down the alphabet to make sure us baby poets didn't miss a thing. :)Gwendolen
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Date: 10/2/2011 6:27:00 PM
thankxx for all your assistance Dr. Ram... very helpful in creating for this new form luv.. good luck with contest..luv..
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Date: 10/2/2011 2:34:00 PM
Thanks for the tip, Dr. Ram. I just changed mine from "verse" to "rhyme." I really like this form and wish they would add it to the Soup Forms. Love, Carolyn
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Date: 10/2/2011 2:14:00 AM
Thanks, sorry I was missed your previous blog about calling it a rhyme, I was sick for a time and wasn't following the blogs. Apologize that you had to repeat yourself. Lee
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