Whew! I've finished and submitted one of my two term papers, an analysis of the "emotional work" involved in teaching online. My other instructor's given me an extension for the second project. R-E-L-I-E-F.

( A silly thought for tired brains . . . )

Gakked from lfire1, who yoinked it from junediamanti. After you read this poem, post another in your own LJ.

i thank You God for most this amazingi thank You God for most this amazing ( Read more... )

Today I posted a short string of Snape-poems in the Sychophant Hex archive Occlumency: "After the Fall". HPB Spoilers! These poems are based on a suite I posted to Ashwinder last year. I recently decided it was time to re-visit that perspective and do some heavy dusting-off and revision ( Read more... )

A filk of "In my craft or sullen art". No disrespect is intended to the author or the original poem.
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Snape's SecretIt is my craft, this potions art ( Read more... )

As it turned out, Doomspark's initial flinging down the gauntlet inspired quite a flurry of poetic responses--all sonnets! I had to smile at seeing so many in one place, all generated within a few hours. Can't help thinking how nice it would be if the larger society were this passionate about poetry ( Read more... )

There's been a wee bit o' controversy about one of the Spring Faire challenges at Sycophant Hex: the "sonnet" challenge. I wrote that challenge. It was critiqued by a few passionate poets (god love 'em!) who were offended that an entry didn't necessarily have to be written in iambic pentametre or have "abab" rhyme--so it effectively wasn't a ( Read more... )