This is an advance announcement for the Tuesday, November 5, 2024 Poetry Fishbowl. This time the theme will be "Healthy Touch & Nonsexual Intimacy." I'll be soliciting ideas for people on the ace-aro spectrum, dance partners, beat partners, leader-follower partners, housemates, communards, comares, superheroes, supervillains, introverts, activists ( Read more... )

The Washington Post, a formerly reliable newspaper, is owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos. For the first time in decades, the newspaper will not endorse a presidential candidate, because the rich man who owns it forbade them to endorse Kamala Harris. This is the kind of thing I mean when I say that America is not a democracy, but a plutocracy. It is ( Read more... )

Based on an audience poll, this is the free epic for the October 1, 2024 Poetry Fishbowl reaching its $200 goal. It is spillover from the July 2024 Crowdfunding Creative Jam. It was inspired by a prompt from Dreamwidth user See_also_friend. It also fills the "Trouble" square in my 7-1-24 card for the Games and Entertainment Bingo fest. This poem ( Read more... )

The Bonus Fishbowl theme was "Quixotic Ideas." I wrote from 1:45 PM to 2:15 AM, so about 10 hours 30 minutes, accounting for breaks. I wrote 3 poems in A Poesy of Obscure Sorrows while waiting for prompts to arrive, then 4 poems in Quixotic Ideas, all on Tuesday. \o/ That doesn't happen much anymore ( Read more... )

Our theme this time was "Cryptids." I wrote from 1 PM to 5 AM, so about 14 hours, allowing for lunch and supper breaks. I wrote 5 poems on Tuesday and another 6 later in the week ( Read more... )

This is the second freebie for the October 1, 2024 Poetry Fishbowl and new prompter Dreamwidth user Dannydevidaloca. It was inspired by a prompt from DW user See_also_friend. It also fills the "Seafood Month" square in my 10-1-24 card for the Fall Fest Bingo. This poem belongs to the series Quixotic Ideas.

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This is the freebie for the October 2024 Crowdfunding Creative Jam. It was inspired by a prompt from Dreamwidth user Labelleizzy. It also fills the "Frankeinstein" square in my 10-1-24 card for the Fall Fest Bingo. This poem belongs to the series Arts and Crafts America.

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The following poems from the October 1, 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 ( Read more... )

This poem was an extra written while awaiting prompts for the October 15, 2024 Bonus Fishbowl. It fills the "Autumn" square of my 10-1-24 card for the Fall Fest Bingo. It has been sponsored by janetmiles. This poem belongs to the series A Poesy of Obscure Sorrows and follows " Gobo."

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This poem was an extra written while awaiting prompts for the October 15, 2024 Bonus Fishbowl. It fills the "Costume" square of my 10-1-24 card for the Fall Fest Bingo. It has been sponsored by janetmiles. This poem belongs to the series A Poesy of Obscure Sorrows and follows "Harmonoia."

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