Poetry Fishbowl Report for Tuesday, September 8, 2009
The poetry fishbowl got off to a slow start -- it was about an hour before the first prompts arrived -- and toward the end I lost a lot of time because the Net connection kept going down. So I worked from 12:30 PM to 2:30 AM, minus meal breaks and connection dysfunctions, for a total of 10 hours productive labor. I wrote a total of 11 poems, all of them medium or long. The first poem of the day was an epic, making me late for lunch, and I got 3 more after that, so 4 epics in one day; about a third of my output. Out of the 11 poems, 5 had rhyme and meter, most of those ballads of some sort; the rest were free verse.
Now here are two oddities, and I'm pretty sure this is the first time for each: 1) Every poem used one and only one prompt; no combinations. 2) I used one and only one prompt from each person. Some folks gave me a lot of great prompts that I wanted to use, but between the epics and the technological struggles, I didn't have time for anything more. Much of this is probably due to the topic, since folk tales are narratives already and they tend to run long; that's okay. Last month ran to medium and short poems.
This month, 11 people sent prompts, including first-time prompter dormouse_in_tea. There were 43 comments including mine.
The following fishbowl poems have been published:
"The Bindweed Blues"
"Bothering Baba Yaga's House"
"Come Midwinter at Carterhall"
"The Cuckoo's Song"
"Folkweave"
"The Moon in a Silver Cup"
"The Mullah Goes to Chelm"
Another poem, "The Cuckoo's Song," is partially sponsored and seeking cosponsors. I have updated it to include all the funded verses, so there are now 14. A tally of donations appears with the poem.
The general fund currently contains $5 but there were no short poems this month (and the single $10 poem has since been sponsored). I've contacted that donor to discuss what to do. Meanwhile, however, there are two $15 poems remaining so if anyone wants to chip in $10 you could vote between "The Call of the Cwn Annwn" or "Electronic Arcana."
This month's donors are: ellenmillion, marina_bonomi, janetmiles, minor_architect, asakiyume, and first-time donor dormouse_in_tea. I'll get a donor perk-post written ... er, when I can cram it into my schedule. (I have activities planned every day from now through Monday. O_O ) Thank you all very much for your support.
The permanent landing page for this project is here.
Now here are two oddities, and I'm pretty sure this is the first time for each: 1) Every poem used one and only one prompt; no combinations. 2) I used one and only one prompt from each person. Some folks gave me a lot of great prompts that I wanted to use, but between the epics and the technological struggles, I didn't have time for anything more. Much of this is probably due to the topic, since folk tales are narratives already and they tend to run long; that's okay. Last month ran to medium and short poems.
This month, 11 people sent prompts, including first-time prompter dormouse_in_tea. There were 43 comments including mine.
The following fishbowl poems have been published:
"The Bindweed Blues"
"Bothering Baba Yaga's House"
"Come Midwinter at Carterhall"
"The Cuckoo's Song"
"Folkweave"
"The Moon in a Silver Cup"
"The Mullah Goes to Chelm"
Another poem, "The Cuckoo's Song," is partially sponsored and seeking cosponsors. I have updated it to include all the funded verses, so there are now 14. A tally of donations appears with the poem.
The general fund currently contains $5 but there were no short poems this month (and the single $10 poem has since been sponsored). I've contacted that donor to discuss what to do. Meanwhile, however, there are two $15 poems remaining so if anyone wants to chip in $10 you could vote between "The Call of the Cwn Annwn" or "Electronic Arcana."
This month's donors are: ellenmillion, marina_bonomi, janetmiles, minor_architect, asakiyume, and first-time donor dormouse_in_tea. I'll get a donor perk-post written ... er, when I can cram it into my schedule. (I have activities planned every day from now through Monday. O_O ) Thank you all very much for your support.
The permanent landing page for this project is here.