This is an advance announcement for the Tuesday, February 4, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. This time the theme will be "I believe in dragons, good men, and other fantasy creatures." I'll be soliciting ideas for dragons, unicorns, pegasi, griffins, centaurs, merfolk, shapeshifters, boyfriends or husbands, caregivers, first responders, clergy, outreach ( Read more... )

This poem is spillover from the January 2022 Crowdfunding Creative Jam. It was inspired by a prompt from Dreamwidth user Fuzzyred. It also fills the "Honor / Morality" square in my 12-23-21 card for the Story Sparks Bingo. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with Fuzzyred. It belongs to the Polychrome Heroics series.

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Based on an audience poll, these are the Poetry Fishbowl themes for early 2025:

February 4 -- I Believe in Dragons, Good Men, and Other Fantasy Creatures
March 4 -- Yes Actually It IS That Bad
April 1 -- Cozy Coping Skills
May 6 -- Ethical Supervillains
June 3 -- Gentleness is strength.

This poem is spillover from the October 3, 2023 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from janetmiles. It also fills the "Chimera / Heraldic Beast" square in my 10-1-23 card for the Fall Fest Bingo. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with Dreamwidth user Fuzzyred. It belongs to the Polychrome Heroics series.

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This poem is spillover from the August 6, 2024 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from janetmiles. It also fills the "Thud!" square in my 8-1-24 card for the Discworld Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with Dreamwidth user Fuzzyred. It belongs to the Shiv thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.

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This poem is spillover from the July 2, 2024 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from Wyld_dandelyon, Dreamwidth users Fuzzyred, Kyleri, and See_also_friend. It also fills the "Hold my dignity, I got some sketchy stuff to do." square in my 7-1-24 card for the Games and Entertainment Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with Fuzzyred. It ( Read more... )

This poem is spillover from the January 7, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from Dreamwidth user See_also_friend. It also fills the "Ain't Misbehavin'" square in my 1-1-25 card for the Public Domain Day Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by janetmiles. It belongs to the series Peculiar Obligations.

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We've reached the end of scheduled themes for the Poetry Fishbowl project. It's time to brainstorm some new themes! These are a few that I've jotted down earlier, ones that I've thought up or people have suggested, to give you an idea what kind of stuff might be suitable ( Read more... )

The following poems from the January 7, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl are currently available. Poems may be sponsored via PayPal -- there's a permanent donation button on my Dreamwidth profile page -- or you can write to me and discuss other methods. There are still verses left in the linkback poems " Qui Gatta Ci Cova," " Pumpkin Spice Prosperity," " Delight ( Read more... )

This poem came out of the January 7, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It fills the "Silks and Saddles" square in my 1-1-25 card for the Public Domain Day Bingo fest. It has been sponsored by janetmiles. This poem belongs to A Poesy of Obscure Sorrows series.

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