The Wordsmith's Forge

This poem came from the February 5, 2013 Poetry Fishbowl.  It was inspired by prompts from moonwolf1988, wyld_dandelyon, and siege.  It contains excerpts from Smithsonian  February 2013, the article "Last Words" by Ariel Sabar pp. 31-34, with linguist Geoffrey Khan.  (Those lines are not counted for purposes of pricing.)  This poem was selected in an audience poll to be opened for microfunding.

This microfunded poem is being posted one verse at a time, as donations come in to cover them. The rate is $.50/line, so $5 will reveal 10 new lines, and so forth. There is a permanent donation button on my profile page, or you can contact me for other arrangements. You can also ask me about the number of lines per verse, if you want to fund a certain number of verses. So far sponsors include: general fund

102 lines, Buy It Now = $59
Amount donated = $41.50
Verses posted = 28 of 35
Amount remaining to fund fully = $17.50
Amount needed to fund next verse = $.50
Amount needed to fund the verse after that = $.50

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This poem came out of the April 2, 2013 Poetry Fishbowl.  It was inspired by prompts from DW user Rosieknight, the_vulture, wyld_dandelyon, rix_scaedu, technoshaman, and janetmiles.  It has been sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette.

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This poem is from the April 2, 2013 Poetry Fishbowl.  It was inspired by a prompt from moonwolf1988 about Egyptian blood magic and her vampires from the series Donor House.  I aimed this to be compatible without being explicit; up to her on whether this turns out to be canonical or not.  This poem also fills the "ritual" square on my card for the Dark Fantasy Bingo fest.

This poem came out of the April 2, 2013 Poetry Fishbowl.  It was inspired by prompts from kelkyag and moonwolf1988.  It also fills the "bodyswap" square on my card for the Trope Bingo fest.  It has been sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette.  This is the first poem in the new series Los Conquistados.