Poetry Fishbowl Open!
Sep. 1st, 2020 12:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ysabetwordsmithThe Poetry Fishbowl is now CLOSED. Thank your for your time and attention. Please keep an eye on this page as I am still writing.
Starting now, the Poetry Fishbowl is open! Today's theme is "Interspecies First Aid." I will be checking this page periodically throughout the day. When people make suggestions, I'll pick some and weave them together into a poem ... and then another ... and so on. I'm hoping to get a lot of ideas and a lot of poems.
I'll be soliciting ideas for aliens, xenobiologists, fantasy species, nonhumans with superpowers, supervillains, superheroes, medics, first responders, social engineers, failure analysts, ethicists, activists, diverse teams, inventors, other people who deal with interspecies emergencies, rescuing, troubleshooting, improvising, adapting, social engineering, making changes, cooperating, bartering, speaking, listening, taking over in an emergency, discovering yourself, studying others, testing boundaries, creating connections, coming of age, learning what you can (and can't) do, upsetting the status quo, changing the world, accomplishing the impossible, recovering from setbacks, returning home, hospitals, ambulances, battlefields, workshops, laboratories, classrooms, patch rooms, wilderness, rural areas, supervillain lairs, starships, alien planets, fantasy worlds, other places where interspecies emergencies happen, physical first aid, emotional first aid, first aid tools and supplies, improvised tools and supplies, species-specific tools and supplies, divergent drug reactions, scientific discoveries, innovation, old tools in new applications, logic vs. intuition, sea change, teamwork, found family, complementary strengths and weaknesses, values conflict, confusion, independence, cooperation, medical neutrality, personal growth, and poetic forms in particular.
Currently eligible bingo card(s) for donors wishing to sponsor a square:
Fries Test Bingo Card 9-1-20
Hurt/Comfort Bingo Card 6-15-20
Ladiesbingo Card 9-2-19
Among my more relevant series for the main theme:
A Conflagration of Dragons has the Six Races plus the dragons, all with wildly different physiology.
Feathered Nests has the humans and the Fifers.
Frankenstein's Family includes humans, werewolves, vampires, and two doctors with very creative thinking.
Monster House has human inhabitants plus a bunch of different monsters.
The Moon Door includes humans and werewolves, centered around a women's chronic pain support group.
Not Quite Kansas has humans, angels, and demons.
Polychrome Heroics has ordinary humans, superpowered humans, demihumans like centaurs, mystic shifters and other mythical beasts, elves, aliens, primal soups, and animal soups.
Or you can ask for something new.
I have a linkback poem, "The Study of Techniques" (5 verses, standalone).
What Is a Poetry Fishbowl?
Writing is usually considered a solitary pursuit. One exception to this is a fascinating exercise called a "fishbowl." This has various forms, but all of them basically involve some kind of writing in public, usually with interaction between author and audience. A famous example is Harlan Ellison's series of "stories under glass" in which he sits in a bookstore window and writes a new story based on an idea that someone gives him. Writing classes sometimes include a version where students watch each other write, often with students calling out suggestions which are chalked up on the blackboard for those writing to use as inspiration.
In this online version of a Poetry Fishbowl, I begin by setting a theme; today's theme is "Interspecies First Aid." I invite people to suggest characters, settings, and other things relating to that theme. Then I use those prompts as inspiration for writing poems.
Cyberfunded Creativity
I'm practicing cyberfunded creativity. If you enjoy what I'm doing and want to see more of it, please feed the Bard. The following options are currently available:
1) Sponsor the Fishbowl -- Here is a PayPal button for donations. There is no specific requirement, but $1 is the minimum recommended size for PayPal transactions since they take a cut from every one. You can also donate via check or money order sent by postal mail. If you make a donation and tell me about it, I promise to use one of your prompts. Anonymous donations are perfectly welcome, just won't get that perk. General donations will be tallied, and at the end of the fishbowl I’ll post a list of eligible poems based on the total funding; then the audience can vote on which they want to see posted.
2) Swim, Fishie, Swim! -- A feature in conjunction with fishbowl sponsorship is this progress meter showing the amount donated. There are multiple perks, the top one being a half-price poetry sale on one series when donations reach $300.
3) Buy It Now! -- Gakked from various e-auction sites, this feature allows you to sponsor a specific poem. If you don't want to wait for some editor to buy and publish my poem so you can read it, well, now you don't have to. Sponsoring a poem means that I will immediately post it on my blog for everyone to see, with the name of the sponsor (or another dedicate) if you wish; plus you get a nonexclusive publication right, so you can post it on your own blog or elsewhere as long as you keep the credits intact. You'll need to tell me the title of the poem you want to sponsor. I'm basing the prices on length, and they're comparable to what I typically make selling poetry to magazines (semi-pro rates according to Duotrope's Digest).
0-10 lines: $5
11-25 lines: $10
26-40 lines: $15
41-60 lines: $20
Poems over 60 lines, or with very intricate structure, fall into custom pricing.
4) Commission a scrapbook page. I can render a chosen poem in hardcopy format, on colorful paper, using archival materials for background and any embellishments. This will be suitable for framing or for adding to a scrapbook. Commission details are here. See latest photos of sample scrapbooked poems: "Sample Scrapbooked Poems 1-24-11"
5) Spread the word. Echo or link to this post on your Dreamwidth, other blog, Twitter, Facebook, Digg, StumbleUpon, or any other social network. Useful Twitter hashtags include #poetryfishbowl and #promptcall. Encourage people to come here and participate in the fishbowl. If you have room for it, including your own prompt will give your readers an idea of what the prompts should look like; ideally, update later to include the thumbnail of the poem I write, and a link to the poem if it gets published. If there is at least one new prompter or donor, I will post an extra freebie poem.
Linkback perk: I have a spare series poem available, and each linkback will reveal a verse of the poem. One person can do multiple links if they're on different services, like Dreamwidth or Twitter, rather than all on LiveJournal. Comment with a link to where you posted. "The Study of Techniques" has 5 verses and stands alone.
Additional Notes
1) I customarily post replies to prompt posts telling people which of their prompts I'm using, with a brief description of the resulting poem(s). If you want to know what's available, watch for those "thumbnails."
2) You don't have to pay me to see a poem based on a prompt that you gave me. I try to send copies of poems to people, mostly using the LJ message function. (Anonymous prompters will miss this perk unless you give me your eddress.) These are for-your-eyes-only, though, not for sharing.
3) Sponsors of the Poetry Fishbowl in general, or of specific poems, will gain access to an extra post in appreciation of their generosity. While you're on the Donors list, you can view all of the custom-locked posts in that category. Click the "donors" tag to read the archive of those. I've also posted a list of other donor perks there. I customarily leave donor names on the list for two months, so you'll get to see the perk-post from this month and next.
4) After the Poetry Fishbowl concludes, I will post a list of unsold poems and their prices, to make it easier for folks to see what they might want to sponsor.
5) If donations total $100 by Friday evening then you get a free $15 poem; $150 gets you a free $20 poem; and $200 gets you a free epic, posted after the Poetry Fishbowl. These will usually be series poems if I have them; otherwise I may offer non-series poems or series poems in a different size. If donations reach $250, you get one step toward a bonus fishbowl; four of these activates the perk, and they don't have to be four months in a row. Everyone will get to vote on which series, and give prompts during the extra fishbowl, although it may be a half-day rather than a whole day.
Feed the Fish!
Now's your chance to participate in the creative process by posting ideas for me to write about. Today's theme is "Interspecies First Aid." See above for details. If you manage to recommend a form that I don't recognize, I will probably pounce on it and ask you for its rules. I do have The New Book of Forms by Lewis Turco which covers most common and many obscure forms.
I'll post at least one of the fishbowl poems here so you-all can enjoy it. (Remember, you get an extra freebie poem if someone new posts a prompt or makes a donation, and additional perks at $100-$300 in donations. Linkbacks reveal verses of "The Study of Techniques." The rest of the poems will go into my archive for future use.
Starting now, the Poetry Fishbowl is open! Today's theme is "Interspecies First Aid." I will be checking this page periodically throughout the day. When people make suggestions, I'll pick some and weave them together into a poem ... and then another ... and so on. I'm hoping to get a lot of ideas and a lot of poems.
I'll be soliciting ideas for aliens, xenobiologists, fantasy species, nonhumans with superpowers, supervillains, superheroes, medics, first responders, social engineers, failure analysts, ethicists, activists, diverse teams, inventors, other people who deal with interspecies emergencies, rescuing, troubleshooting, improvising, adapting, social engineering, making changes, cooperating, bartering, speaking, listening, taking over in an emergency, discovering yourself, studying others, testing boundaries, creating connections, coming of age, learning what you can (and can't) do, upsetting the status quo, changing the world, accomplishing the impossible, recovering from setbacks, returning home, hospitals, ambulances, battlefields, workshops, laboratories, classrooms, patch rooms, wilderness, rural areas, supervillain lairs, starships, alien planets, fantasy worlds, other places where interspecies emergencies happen, physical first aid, emotional first aid, first aid tools and supplies, improvised tools and supplies, species-specific tools and supplies, divergent drug reactions, scientific discoveries, innovation, old tools in new applications, logic vs. intuition, sea change, teamwork, found family, complementary strengths and weaknesses, values conflict, confusion, independence, cooperation, medical neutrality, personal growth, and poetic forms in particular.
Currently eligible bingo card(s) for donors wishing to sponsor a square:
Fries Test Bingo Card 9-1-20
Hurt/Comfort Bingo Card 6-15-20
Ladiesbingo Card 9-2-19
Among my more relevant series for the main theme:
A Conflagration of Dragons has the Six Races plus the dragons, all with wildly different physiology.
Feathered Nests has the humans and the Fifers.
Frankenstein's Family includes humans, werewolves, vampires, and two doctors with very creative thinking.
Monster House has human inhabitants plus a bunch of different monsters.
The Moon Door includes humans and werewolves, centered around a women's chronic pain support group.
Not Quite Kansas has humans, angels, and demons.
Polychrome Heroics has ordinary humans, superpowered humans, demihumans like centaurs, mystic shifters and other mythical beasts, elves, aliens, primal soups, and animal soups.
Or you can ask for something new.
I have a linkback poem, "The Study of Techniques" (5 verses, standalone).
What Is a Poetry Fishbowl?
Writing is usually considered a solitary pursuit. One exception to this is a fascinating exercise called a "fishbowl." This has various forms, but all of them basically involve some kind of writing in public, usually with interaction between author and audience. A famous example is Harlan Ellison's series of "stories under glass" in which he sits in a bookstore window and writes a new story based on an idea that someone gives him. Writing classes sometimes include a version where students watch each other write, often with students calling out suggestions which are chalked up on the blackboard for those writing to use as inspiration.
In this online version of a Poetry Fishbowl, I begin by setting a theme; today's theme is "Interspecies First Aid." I invite people to suggest characters, settings, and other things relating to that theme. Then I use those prompts as inspiration for writing poems.
Cyberfunded Creativity
I'm practicing cyberfunded creativity. If you enjoy what I'm doing and want to see more of it, please feed the Bard. The following options are currently available:
1) Sponsor the Fishbowl -- Here is a PayPal button for donations. There is no specific requirement, but $1 is the minimum recommended size for PayPal transactions since they take a cut from every one. You can also donate via check or money order sent by postal mail. If you make a donation and tell me about it, I promise to use one of your prompts. Anonymous donations are perfectly welcome, just won't get that perk. General donations will be tallied, and at the end of the fishbowl I’ll post a list of eligible poems based on the total funding; then the audience can vote on which they want to see posted.
2) Swim, Fishie, Swim! -- A feature in conjunction with fishbowl sponsorship is this progress meter showing the amount donated. There are multiple perks, the top one being a half-price poetry sale on one series when donations reach $300.
3) Buy It Now! -- Gakked from various e-auction sites, this feature allows you to sponsor a specific poem. If you don't want to wait for some editor to buy and publish my poem so you can read it, well, now you don't have to. Sponsoring a poem means that I will immediately post it on my blog for everyone to see, with the name of the sponsor (or another dedicate) if you wish; plus you get a nonexclusive publication right, so you can post it on your own blog or elsewhere as long as you keep the credits intact. You'll need to tell me the title of the poem you want to sponsor. I'm basing the prices on length, and they're comparable to what I typically make selling poetry to magazines (semi-pro rates according to Duotrope's Digest).
0-10 lines: $5
11-25 lines: $10
26-40 lines: $15
41-60 lines: $20
Poems over 60 lines, or with very intricate structure, fall into custom pricing.
4) Commission a scrapbook page. I can render a chosen poem in hardcopy format, on colorful paper, using archival materials for background and any embellishments. This will be suitable for framing or for adding to a scrapbook. Commission details are here. See latest photos of sample scrapbooked poems: "Sample Scrapbooked Poems 1-24-11"
5) Spread the word. Echo or link to this post on your Dreamwidth, other blog, Twitter, Facebook, Digg, StumbleUpon, or any other social network. Useful Twitter hashtags include #poetryfishbowl and #promptcall. Encourage people to come here and participate in the fishbowl. If you have room for it, including your own prompt will give your readers an idea of what the prompts should look like; ideally, update later to include the thumbnail of the poem I write, and a link to the poem if it gets published. If there is at least one new prompter or donor, I will post an extra freebie poem.
Linkback perk: I have a spare series poem available, and each linkback will reveal a verse of the poem. One person can do multiple links if they're on different services, like Dreamwidth or Twitter, rather than all on LiveJournal. Comment with a link to where you posted. "The Study of Techniques" has 5 verses and stands alone.
Additional Notes
1) I customarily post replies to prompt posts telling people which of their prompts I'm using, with a brief description of the resulting poem(s). If you want to know what's available, watch for those "thumbnails."
2) You don't have to pay me to see a poem based on a prompt that you gave me. I try to send copies of poems to people, mostly using the LJ message function. (Anonymous prompters will miss this perk unless you give me your eddress.) These are for-your-eyes-only, though, not for sharing.
3) Sponsors of the Poetry Fishbowl in general, or of specific poems, will gain access to an extra post in appreciation of their generosity. While you're on the Donors list, you can view all of the custom-locked posts in that category. Click the "donors" tag to read the archive of those. I've also posted a list of other donor perks there. I customarily leave donor names on the list for two months, so you'll get to see the perk-post from this month and next.
4) After the Poetry Fishbowl concludes, I will post a list of unsold poems and their prices, to make it easier for folks to see what they might want to sponsor.
5) If donations total $100 by Friday evening then you get a free $15 poem; $150 gets you a free $20 poem; and $200 gets you a free epic, posted after the Poetry Fishbowl. These will usually be series poems if I have them; otherwise I may offer non-series poems or series poems in a different size. If donations reach $250, you get one step toward a bonus fishbowl; four of these activates the perk, and they don't have to be four months in a row. Everyone will get to vote on which series, and give prompts during the extra fishbowl, although it may be a half-day rather than a whole day.
Feed the Fish!
Now's your chance to participate in the creative process by posting ideas for me to write about. Today's theme is "Interspecies First Aid." See above for details. If you manage to recommend a form that I don't recognize, I will probably pounce on it and ask you for its rules. I do have The New Book of Forms by Lewis Turco which covers most common and many obscure forms.
I'll post at least one of the fishbowl poems here so you-all can enjoy it. (Remember, you get an extra freebie poem if someone new posts a prompt or makes a donation, and additional perks at $100-$300 in donations. Linkbacks reveal verses of "The Study of Techniques." The rest of the poems will go into my archive for future use.
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Date: 2020-09-01 05:56 pm (UTC)Also the merfolk hospitals in Terramagne.
How to run an interspecies (aliens?) first aid class.
Actually discussing first aid / medical readings before they are needed. (Enemy Mine might have turned out very different if they'd discussed Drac childbirth/midwifery before Zammis was born.)
Needing to walk a different species thru assisting you in self-first aid with a language barrier.
Mismatched assumptions - like how the Gems in Steven Universe don't consider lying motonless on the floor after an explosion to be a problem (because for them, it isn't.)
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Date: 2020-09-01 11:53 pm (UTC)Poem
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Date: 2020-09-02 11:55 am (UTC)478 lines, Buy It Now = $239
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Date: 2020-09-01 06:05 pm (UTC)Hmm... The Deep Old Ones [kraken squid] typically don't need help, they're big enough there's no apex predictors to bother them. But Cthulhu is living in the relative shallows of the Maldives, so.. imagine one moonless night she has a collision with a boat. How do you treat an island sized squid, who's been injured and is panicking because this is the first time she's been hurt?!
Been reading "The Call of Cthulhu" again?
Date: 2020-09-01 06:52 pm (UTC)I imagine the Maldivian Navy is gonna wind up really affected by the emotions.
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Date: 2020-09-01 06:54 pm (UTC)Poem
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Date: 2020-09-04 11:00 am (UTC)324 lines, Buy It Now = $162
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Date: 2020-09-01 06:10 pm (UTC)Poem
Date: 2020-09-01 10:22 pm (UTC)60 lines, Buy It Now = $20
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Date: 2020-09-08 03:44 am (UTC)525 lines, Buy It Now = $263
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Date: 2020-09-01 06:53 pm (UTC)Have any of the moon door ladies told healthcare workers or Dr's about thier new condition. How did that go if someone did?
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Date: 2020-09-08 03:43 am (UTC)525 lines, Buy It Now = $263
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Date: 2020-09-01 07:01 pm (UTC)And then I got an image of a trope being turned on its head: Do you have a storyline where it would make sense that a Grey survives a very rough crash-landing on Earth and needs to be examined by Earth doctors with their tools to discover enough about its physiology to save it?
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Date: 2020-09-05 09:44 am (UTC)316 lines, Buy It Now = $158
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Date: 2020-09-01 07:45 pm (UTC)Mercedes and/or Bluehill. EFA and/or Montessori lesson. Kittens (maybe Mrrhow). Learning, in both directions. Useful fluff. Don't need thumbs for brainpower.
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Date: 2020-09-01 08:42 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2020-09-01 07:54 pm (UTC)How do the blue people gauge things like oxygen issues, sun burn (can they even look sun burned??) Or rashes... does a skin abrasion look the same on a blue person. What about gauging bruising.
They probably have a few medical personnel in their midst so that is probably a good thing for them.
(no subject)
Date: 2020-09-02 02:31 am (UTC)Bean: "Is he the right shade of blue?"
Elfo: [annoyed tone] "Do all people of color look alike to you?"
Bean is Ambiguously Human and looks very pale/European.
Her friend Elfo is an elf with green skin.
They are discussing Bean's Half-Human Hybrid half-brother* who is naturally blue, and has just been attacked by a sea monster.
*Not a half-elf, so Bean should have more luck with human first aid anyway...for the given value of Medieval first aid anyway...
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Date: 2020-09-01 08:55 pm (UTC)Officer Pink: Maybe Janie is struggling with something and needs EFA but Ansel is too close to whatever the situation is so Turq offers help? Or more with Ansel and ferret!Turq?
~Angel
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Date: 2020-09-01 09:16 pm (UTC)Not Quite Kansas - Demon having to heal an angel or human for mutual goals
Polychrome Heroics:
1) That sapient fox, or the Stop sign poison ivy plant, needing some help.
2) Oh, the L-America wolf or fox puppies rescued from a drain after some catastrophe get help, the Big One sounds good.
3) The new dolphin medic/psych in the Maldives gets more training
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Date: 2020-09-03 10:46 pm (UTC)484 lines, Buy It Now = $242
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Date: 2020-09-01 11:58 pm (UTC)Starship first aid in... any of the settings with starships.
LIFC first aid for Jarvis.
Fifers OFFERING first aid assistance.
Monster House, someone reacts badly to being spooked by one of the monsters and afterwards both parties need first aid and EFA.
(no subject)
Date: 2020-09-02 02:34 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2020-09-02 02:42 am (UTC)(I had at least 2 or 3 workarounds; at that point I'd been dealing with language barriers long enough to rattle off a /list/ from the /top of my head/.)
Same scenario, but cross-species? Or having to explain to the professional the tricks you've picked up for first aid on your different-species buddy.
Try this ...
Date: 2020-09-02 02:58 am (UTC)Some options include:
https://www.unitedwaysei.org/sites/unitedwaysei.org/files/Emergency%20Communication%20Cards_Page_1.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a1/26/d0/a126d06c7bd56e5c58b4c0a97eabae08.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c9/07/28/c9072889d1db877f68b86b862430300f.jpg
https://aac-rerc.psu.edu/images/image/Bilingual%20board%20for%20hospitals%20MJ.jpg
There is a really good spiritual one too:
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91Jk%2B0swB9L._AC_SL1500_.jpg
You can also find apps for smartphone or tablet that are more sophisticated.
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Date: 2020-09-02 05:32 am (UTC)Add in more disparate biology -
- Why does your kid keep crying and biting me?/He's teething, give him this toy to chew on.
- Why does the youngling wave its arms around and make that godawful noise?/She wants to be picked up.
- Get this kid off me!/Aww, he thinks you're his safe person! [Takes pictures while alien looks affronted at having a kid clinging to them like an octupus]
- Is your offspring defective?/Nooo...why do you ask?/Well, its been four hours and he's still not walking...
Also, this cartoon, for your amusement:
https://crystalwitches.tumblr.com/post/146822540411/aunt-peridot-meets-a-baby-ft-the-crystal
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Date: 2020-09-02 05:23 am (UTC)Re: Polychrome Heroics
Date: 2020-09-02 06:02 am (UTC)(Between Hali and the rats, I could see the Broken Angels getting a rwputation for being primal-soup-frirendly.)
Of cource Alicia would find it Too Easy. Hmmm. Has she ever had a nonhuman or primal Guardian?
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Date: 2020-09-02 06:10 am (UTC)Or closer to home, one of the not-so-human residents of Monster House winds up in an accident / at the scene of an accident / escorting or transporting someone, and gets swept up into triage / the ER, and really doesn't want to be poked at.
The Necessary Bear (https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/9052557.html)
Farasat (tries to?) help.
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Date: 2020-09-02 07:20 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2020-09-02 11:57 am (UTC)Poem
Date: 2020-09-12 08:17 pm (UTC)Warning for aftermath of severe abuse.
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