The following poems from the May 7, 2024 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," "
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," "
Changing Your Nature," and "
Besa."
"Courageous Patience"
Summary: Traders Piri and Tibor observe changes in the Village of Wolves.
350 lines, Buy It Now = $175
Piri and Tibor had first come to
Satul Lupilor, the Village of Wolves,
more or less by accident when they
got caught in a spring storm.
"Follow Your Heart and Intuition"
Summary: Yarro meets with Operetta about studying health care.
143 lines, Buy It Now = $72
Yarro felt nervous and excited --
mostly excited by the opportunity,
but still nervous from the pressure.
"A Human Scale, Full-Featured Settlement"
Summary: Sightline is assigned to survey Cowlick Ecovillage.
1051 lines, Buy It Now = $526
Sightline had the kind of Optic Powers
that let him measure angles and distance
at a glance, without needing survey tools
or a tape measure or anything like that.
"In the Pipeline"
Story Date: Sunday, September 11, 2016
Summary: Shiv makes a construction model for jungle gyms, which attracts attention at a Finn party.
289 lines, Buy It Now = $145
Shiv felt frazzled after everything
that had been happening recently,
so he wanted something to keep
his hands busy at the Finn party.
"Our Greatest Weakness"
Summary: Johan and Althey face a group of bandits.
215 lines, Buy It Now = $108
The bandits were becoming
a rather serious problem.
"Rigor, Innovation, Accessibility, and Accountability"
Story Date: Monday, September 12, 2016
Summary: Aida and her think tank explore ways to improve the Maldives.
292 lines, Buy It Now = $146
Aida had joined a Maldivian think tank
called Neru, whose main mission was
to navigate from a homogenous society
to a heterogenous society. Currently
she belonged to the Viyun team, which
was focused on ways of weaving together
different groups of people into one culture.
There are two new poems in A Poesy of Obscure Sorrows:
"Mahpiohanzia"
The frustration of being unable to fly.
22 lines, Buy It Now = $10
"The Kick Drop"
The moment you wake up from an immersive dream.
19 lines, Buy It Now = $10