Our theme this month was "gentlemen in distress." I worked from 12:30 PM to to 4:30 AM, so about 14 hours accounting for breaks. I wrote 9 poems on Tuesday and another 19 later.
There was good participation, with 49 comments on LiveJournal and 43 on Dreamwidth. A total of 22 people sent prompts. Please welcome new prompters DW user Liliane and
starcat_jewel. You have them to thank for the second freebie.
Read Some Poetry!
The following poems from the May 5, 2015 Poetry Fishbowl have been posted:
"
All Mingle Their Waters"
"
Attainable Goals"
"
A Cultural Control Problem"
"
A Gentleman in Distress"
"
If You Do Not Change Direction"
"
The Nature of the Season"
"
Riding from the Rescue"
"
Scrambling for Crumbs"
"
Surviving Hell's Kitchen"
"
These Tiny Little Steps"
"
Tomato Pie and Ice Cream"
"
The Whole Universe Surrenders"
"
Dangerous Refuges" (A Conflagration of Dragons, 6/14/14 Creative Jam)
"
Heard for Himself" (Clay of Life, 4/3/15 Poetry Fishbowl)
Buy some poetry!
If you plan to sponsor some poetry but haven't made up your mind yet, see
the unsold poetry list for May 5, 2015. That includes the title, length, price, and the original thumbnail description for the poems still available.
All of the sponsored poems from May have been posted. Backchannel copies of the rest have been sent to the prompters. Per the $200 goal, "
Heard for Himself" was the free epic. Per the $250 goal, that's one tally toward a bonus fishbowl. Per the $300 goal, "
Quiet Rooms" is the bonus material. This month's donors included
rix_scaedu, Anonymous gifting to DW user stardreamer and
janetmiles,
tigerbright,
Clockworklady,
janetmiles,
redsixwing,
Starcat_jewel, DW user Lone_cat,
mdlbear, and Anthony & Shirley Barrette. Please welcome new donor
Clockworklady.
The Poetry Fishbowl project also has a permanent
landing page.