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The following poems from the July 6, 2021 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 "Everything That Blooms," "In the Shade of the Mighty Oak," "Let the Children Lead Us," "Autumn's Palette," "Pumpkin Spice Prosperity," "Delight in Another," "A Sense of Weather Changes," "Ouroboros Insects," "The Loving Embrace of Night," and "Generations of Cooks Past."


"An Embodiment of Human Creativity"
Something thought lost is rediscovered.
102 lines, Buy It Now = $52

Silas Pettifog arrived at
the Sevenoaks Skills Centre
expecting an ordinary day in
class and got nothing of the sort.



"Everything Turned Upside Down"
The Grunge, like everything else, was designed for white men.
68 lines, Buy It Now = $34

In the way that everything
typically was, the Grunge was
designed for healthy white men.



"Family Stories Are Stranger Than Fiction"
A boy complains about his reading assignment.
51 lines, Buy It Now = $20

"For the Totality of Who You Are"
Marge has gained somewhat more control over her superpowers, but they're still weird.
54 lines, Buy It Now = $20


"The Thistledown Drive"
Not long after arriving in the Lacuna, Estelle spots an anomaly in space. Then she realizes that it's moving. Then it actually arrives.
234 lines, Buy It Now = $117

At first Estelle thought
that it was just a glitch.



"Too Lazy to Hold a Grudge"
Stylet and Wayne share some samples of their classwork with other folks.
154 lines, Buy It Now = $77

Stylet felt nervous as he walked
into the police station, but Wayne
was there for moral support.



These three poems go together:

"The Deepest Mutuality and the Most Painful Estrangement"
Story Date: Afternoon of Monday, April 4, 2016
Boss Blaster coaxes Cas into visiting his mother.
355 lines, Buy It Now = $178

A few days after their return
from the Maldives, Cas was
working quietly downstairs
while Hali was helping Edie
restock the Little Free Libraries.



"A Spirit of Openness and Reconciliation"
Story Date: Evening of Monday, April 4, 2016
Cas meets his mother Freesia at the Crystal Wisdom store.
214 lines, Buy It Now = $107

After supper, Boss Blaster drove
Cas over to Crystal Wisdom.



"Maturity to Outgrow Them"
Story Date: Evening of Monday, April 4, 2016
Cas and Freesia have some fraught conversations.
562 lines, Buy It Now = $281

Boss Blaster and Cas followed
Freesia into the apartment building.

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