Unsold Poems for the November 7, 2023 Poetry Fishbowl
The following poems from the November 7, 2023 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 " Let the Children Lead Us," " Pumpkin Spice Prosperity," " Delight in Another," " A Sense of Weather Changes," " Ouroboros Insects," " The Loving Embrace of Night," " Generations of Cooks Past," " Homefree and Clear, " " One Bite at a Time," " Stars and Diamonds," " Mishpocha," " There's an Art to It," " The Glass Cat," " Changing Your Nature," and " Besa."
"All Singing and Shining Together"
Story Date: Monday, October 31, 2016
Summary: The Mori no Tami celebrate Samhain.
145 lines, Buy It Now = $73
Samhain had come to Mori no Mura,
and with it the end of the witches' year.
"Iron-Like Animals"
Story Date: Sunday, October 4, 2015
Summary: Shiv helps the Iron Horses with fundraising for buffalo.
448 lines, Buy It Now = $224
Shiv went to the Omaha Reservation
to deliver some messages from Boss White.
"New Ways of Thinking"
Story Date: Thursday, April 2, 2015
Summary: Genna is gradually weaving herself into the community of Amilla Vazan.
162 lines, Buy It Now = $81
Genna loved living in Amilla Vazan.
The weather was usually beautiful,
the sea turquoise over white sand.
"A Shared Confrontation with Survival"
Story Date: 0 A.E.
Summary: After the End, Mother Mary Clara begins setting up a commune in the wood along with refugees in her care -- and then the boys arrive.
184 lines, Buy It Now = $92
Mother Mary Clara survived the Grunge,
perhaps because she was older and
it tended to attack people in their prime,
perhaps because she had survival skills
from her years as a young missionary,
or perhaps God had simply spared her.
* * *
These poems form a triptych:
"Bring Another into the Light"
Story Date: Midday of Thursday, September 1, 2016
Summary: Alicia shows up asking to borrow one of Boss Blaster's parks.
278 lines, Buy It Now = $139
Cas was washing the lunch dishes
when he heard the door open
and then agitated voices.
"Something Infinitely Healing"
Story Date: Afternoon of Thursday, September 1, 2016
Summary: Cas and Alicia visit Shady Grove Park.
481 lines, Buy It Now = $241
It was a beautiful day for a walk,
not too hot and not too cold.
Cas led Alicia through
the neighborhood as he
pointed out things to watch.
"The Little Things Are the Big Things"
Story Date: Evening of Thursday, September 1, 2016
Summary: After yardwork at the Shady Grove Park, the Broken Angels enjoy a feast at the lair.
438 lines, Buy It Now = $219
By the time they made it home,
the sun was sliding down the sky
toward dusk, and everyone
was starting to get hungry.
* * *
Here begins the new series Peculiar Obligations, starting with these two poems:
"Times of War or Times of Peace"
Story Date: 1600s
Summary: George Fox founds the Society of Friends, and the Quakers get into organized crime.
68 lines, Buy It Now = $34
As a boy, George Fox
began listening to God.
He aspired to purity and
to faith in God and mankind.
"Beyond What Words Can Set Forth"
Story Date: 1700s
Summary: Benjamin Lay fights slavery with shenanigans and smuggling.
76 lines, Buy It Now = $38
Benjamin Lay was an activist
so radical that he annoyed
everyone, even other Quakers.
"All Singing and Shining Together"
Story Date: Monday, October 31, 2016
Summary: The Mori no Tami celebrate Samhain.
145 lines, Buy It Now = $73
Samhain had come to Mori no Mura,
and with it the end of the witches' year.
"Iron-Like Animals"
Story Date: Sunday, October 4, 2015
Summary: Shiv helps the Iron Horses with fundraising for buffalo.
448 lines, Buy It Now = $224
Shiv went to the Omaha Reservation
to deliver some messages from Boss White.
"New Ways of Thinking"
Story Date: Thursday, April 2, 2015
Summary: Genna is gradually weaving herself into the community of Amilla Vazan.
162 lines, Buy It Now = $81
Genna loved living in Amilla Vazan.
The weather was usually beautiful,
the sea turquoise over white sand.
"A Shared Confrontation with Survival"
Story Date: 0 A.E.
Summary: After the End, Mother Mary Clara begins setting up a commune in the wood along with refugees in her care -- and then the boys arrive.
184 lines, Buy It Now = $92
Mother Mary Clara survived the Grunge,
perhaps because she was older and
it tended to attack people in their prime,
perhaps because she had survival skills
from her years as a young missionary,
or perhaps God had simply spared her.
* * *
These poems form a triptych:
"Bring Another into the Light"
Story Date: Midday of Thursday, September 1, 2016
Summary: Alicia shows up asking to borrow one of Boss Blaster's parks.
278 lines, Buy It Now = $139
Cas was washing the lunch dishes
when he heard the door open
and then agitated voices.
"Something Infinitely Healing"
Story Date: Afternoon of Thursday, September 1, 2016
Summary: Cas and Alicia visit Shady Grove Park.
481 lines, Buy It Now = $241
It was a beautiful day for a walk,
not too hot and not too cold.
Cas led Alicia through
the neighborhood as he
pointed out things to watch.
"The Little Things Are the Big Things"
Story Date: Evening of Thursday, September 1, 2016
Summary: After yardwork at the Shady Grove Park, the Broken Angels enjoy a feast at the lair.
438 lines, Buy It Now = $219
By the time they made it home,
the sun was sliding down the sky
toward dusk, and everyone
was starting to get hungry.
* * *
Here begins the new series Peculiar Obligations, starting with these two poems:
"Times of War or Times of Peace"
Story Date: 1600s
Summary: George Fox founds the Society of Friends, and the Quakers get into organized crime.
68 lines, Buy It Now = $34
As a boy, George Fox
began listening to God.
He aspired to purity and
to faith in God and mankind.
"Beyond What Words Can Set Forth"
Story Date: 1700s
Summary: Benjamin Lay fights slavery with shenanigans and smuggling.
76 lines, Buy It Now = $38
Benjamin Lay was an activist
so radical that he annoyed
everyone, even other Quakers.