Call for Themes
Dec. 26th, 2016 02:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I've reached the end of scheduled themes for the Poetry Fishbowl project. It's time to brainstorm some new themes! These are a few that I've jotted down earlier, ones that I've thought up or people have suggested, to give you an idea what kind of stuff might be suitable:
* Hurt/Comfort
* Nonsexual Intimacy
* Unicorns
What other themes would you like to see me write about? Suggest them in a comment below this post.
Later on I'll collect the suggestions and do some polling. The most popular topics will be added to the schedule for future fishbowls. Previously, I have just dumped all the proposed themes into a big poll. The more themes people suggest, the less well this works. I have an idea for fixing that problem. This time, I'm going to run the first large poll with checkboxes so you can express interest in as many themes as you like. I will then use that information to pull out the favorite themes for a smaller poll to select the ones which will appear in upcoming fishbowls.
You can also help by linking to this post so that more people will see it. Everyone is welcome to suggest themes. Everyone will also be able to vote for them later; prompters and donors will get extra votes. If you link to the call for themes, you can reveal a verse in any open perk poem:
"Testing the Metal" (4 verses left)
"Dangerous Refuges" (4 verses left)
"From Silica to Silk" (Now Complete)
"The Marble and the Sculptor" (7 verses left)
"Picking Up the Litter" (8 verses left)
"The Golden Peaches of Peace" (9 verses left)
* Hurt/Comfort
* Nonsexual Intimacy
* Unicorns
What other themes would you like to see me write about? Suggest them in a comment below this post.
Later on I'll collect the suggestions and do some polling. The most popular topics will be added to the schedule for future fishbowls. Previously, I have just dumped all the proposed themes into a big poll. The more themes people suggest, the less well this works. I have an idea for fixing that problem. This time, I'm going to run the first large poll with checkboxes so you can express interest in as many themes as you like. I will then use that information to pull out the favorite themes for a smaller poll to select the ones which will appear in upcoming fishbowls.
You can also help by linking to this post so that more people will see it. Everyone is welcome to suggest themes. Everyone will also be able to vote for them later; prompters and donors will get extra votes. If you link to the call for themes, you can reveal a verse in any open perk poem:
"Testing the Metal" (4 verses left)
"Dangerous Refuges" (4 verses left)
"From Silica to Silk" (Now Complete)
"The Marble and the Sculptor" (7 verses left)
"Picking Up the Litter" (8 verses left)
"The Golden Peaches of Peace" (9 verses left)
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Date: 2016-12-26 10:24 pm (UTC)Thank you!
Date: 2016-12-26 10:39 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2016-12-26 11:31 pm (UTC)Felines and canines. Possibly with an element of comparing and contrasting (or suggesting third alternatives, such as foxes, ferrets, etc).
Dragons.
Deep time and geological change.
Small yet crucial moments of courage.
Starting over, all over again.
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Date: 2016-12-26 11:48 pm (UTC)Thank you!
Date: 2016-12-26 11:50 pm (UTC)Re: Thank you!
Date: 2016-12-27 12:05 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2016-12-26 11:50 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2016-12-27 12:51 am (UTC)rhinestones
widdershins
pavement
(no subject)
Date: 2016-12-27 01:00 am (UTC)Thank you!
Date: 2016-12-27 01:47 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2016-12-27 04:15 am (UTC)Themes:
* The Animal Kingdom
* Connections - broadly: building or making them between people, or communities, or connections between natural phenomena, ecosystems, physics, synchronicity, etc.
- Marx
Thank you!
Date: 2016-12-27 05:00 am (UTC)Themes!
Date: 2016-12-27 05:12 am (UTC)-Ritual. From the small daily rituals through large community making traditions, to religious ritual, all the way through the rituals in science.
- Colors. We've got Turq, Officer Pink, Pain's Gray, Boss White, color is a strong thematic presence and could be fun to play with in a focused way during a fishbowl.
Shared on Facebook. Could I get a verse on "Testing the Metal?"
Re: Themes!
Date: 2016-12-27 05:15 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2016-12-27 06:21 pm (UTC)- Safety and trust
- Melting
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Date: 2016-12-27 11:08 pm (UTC)- Music
- Flight
Signal boosted at http://mdlbear.dreamwidth.org/1584233.html and http://mdlbear.livejournal.com/1589789.html
Picking Up the Litter, please.
Thank you!
Date: 2016-12-27 11:30 pm (UTC)http://ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com/4177172.html
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Date: 2016-12-28 07:43 pm (UTC)Themes - I may need warnings for bloodthirsty feelings!
Date: 2016-12-28 09:52 pm (UTC)When icons die, reframe the big picture
Revolution starts in the family, or Family
Sacrifice and rebirth
Identity within, NOT imposed without
Love and laughter counter tears and pain
Mental or invisible illness, injury, and trauma
Poke ALL the bigots in the eye - characters fighting racism, ageism, ableism, and every other ism
Reparations versus revenge, real apologies
When Kali dances, or the Female side of All has had enough of this
Time to be the Herx (o or a), and we have a Million Faces, not merely a Thousand. (Joseph Campbell reference intended)
Salutes the General, and the Royalty who have gone before, and follows the Bards and the Pipers. :-D