Poetry Fishbowl Open!
Aug. 16th, 2022 01:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ysabetwordsmithThe poetry fishbowl is now CLOSED. Thank you 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 "anything goes." 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.
Stuck for ideas? You can find prompts by ...
* browsing planned poems for Aquariana and the Maldives, The Big One, Broken Angels, Calliope and Vagary, Officer Pink and Turq, Pips and Joshua, or Shiv. (Some of these I've already done, so they're not all up to date, but others I haven't done yet.)
* browsing my Serial Poetry page for favorite threads or characters.
* browsing my QUILTBAG list, Romantic Orientations in My Characters, Sexual Orientations in My Characters, Gender Identities in My Characters, or My Characters with Disabilities for favorites.
* naming a poetic form you'd like to see written.
* picking a prompt from my current bingo cards: Reel Time Bingo 8-1-22
* picking some from the Bingo Generator prompt lists.
* looking up fun tropes on Fanlore.
* choosing an unusual word.
* plugging a favorite topic into your search engine and choosing a picture that looks interesting.
* anything short. I could especially use short poems today as other prompts are likely to run long.
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 "anything goes." I invite people to suggest characters, settings, and other things of any type. 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.
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.
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 "anything goes." 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.) The rest of the poems will go into my archive for future use.
Stuck for ideas? You can find prompts by ...
* browsing planned poems for Aquariana and the Maldives, The Big One, Broken Angels, Calliope and Vagary, Officer Pink and Turq, Pips and Joshua, or Shiv. (Some of these I've already done, so they're not all up to date, but others I haven't done yet.)
* browsing my Serial Poetry page for favorite threads or characters.
* browsing my QUILTBAG list, Romantic Orientations in My Characters, Sexual Orientations in My Characters, Gender Identities in My Characters, or My Characters with Disabilities for favorites.
* naming a poetic form you'd like to see written.
* picking a prompt from my current bingo cards: Reel Time Bingo 8-1-22
* picking some from the Bingo Generator prompt lists.
* looking up fun tropes on Fanlore.
* choosing an unusual word.
* plugging a favorite topic into your search engine and choosing a picture that looks interesting.
* anything short. I could especially use short poems today as other prompts are likely to run long.
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 "anything goes." I invite people to suggest characters, settings, and other things of any type. 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.
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.
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 "anything goes." 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.) The rest of the poems will go into my archive for future use.
(no subject)
Date: 2022-08-16 07:25 pm (UTC)Poem
Date: 2022-08-29 11:00 am (UTC)1062 lines, Buy It Now = $531
(no subject)
Date: 2022-08-16 08:34 pm (UTC)Xenolinguistics, specieslect (preferably at least 3 integrated species and at least 2 modalities.)
(Terramagne) Someone who develops superstrength...and uses it in a nursing career. (I keep thinking super strength would be a very useful power in nursing.)
(Rutledge-though it could work elsewhere) Even if everyone tries very hard and gets along very well, any sort of cross-cultural relationship means you will both end up annoying/offending/frustrating each other at some point. So Annoyance, and Working Thru It.
A Heroic Sacrifice, framed as a gift-with-no-strings, or: "I am Pedro(1), not Yinsen(2)."
1) from Encanto
2) from Iron Man
rabinilh (Laadan) - gift with strings attatched
https://laadanlanguage.com/laadan-to-english-r/#rabinilh
A while ago, we had a discussion where you referenced a scifi where humanity dealt with alien invaders by bombing them with ginger...which set off the female's heat cycles. Maybe something like that, but a case where some of the human females step in to protect the aliens from the effects of being aphrodisiac-roofied, and maybe with emotional aftereffects. (Based or women looking out for each other across religion, languague and many cultural barriers.) Can tweak genders, etc as needed for storytelling.
Also (possibly fits in with above) anything where an unexpected heat cycle/aphrodisiac exposure is handled ethically and sensibly, rather than the usual first-party style story. :/
(Kung-Fu Robots, other ?) This song seems a good prompt for something with cyborgs or cyberfolk.
Velodrome, (Dessa) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6c8KyRcT020
"If you want to speak English, go back to England," said in any American language (though I admit partiality to Haititan Creole, ASL and Laadan.) Bonus if the bigot is then continually addressed in American languagues they cannot understand, until they apologize or stomp off in frustration.
Alien/human romance where the two concepts of 'bonded' are so different that they're basically just constructing something unique to them as they go.
Terramagne, Protactile sign.
Multi-modality languages.
Inventing a conlang that is not audio-modality (humans are annoyingly audiocentric.)
Whatever happened to the Bluehill centaurs and clothing? Maybe have then looking through fantasy art blogs to find ideas? This artist has some good ideas:
https://mobile.twitter.com/theartingace/status/1397700841478496257
Erratic internet where I am, so I can't cherry pick the best photos.
That Maldivian aquatic/merfolk hospital we were discussing at one point.
I'll have to see if I think of anything else later!
- See_Also_Friend
Poem
Date: 2022-08-17 10:27 am (UTC)266 lines, Buy It Now = $133
(no subject)
Date: 2022-08-16 09:50 pm (UTC)I think the two biggest questions in my head are: what happened with Shiv's family service book, and what happened between Halley and Shiv? We know the bare bones of both, but it would be nice to see it explained in a little more detail, perhaps the conversation that happens between Dr. G and Shiv when Dr. G explains what Halley did?
Other things I'm curious about:
-Dr. G and Shiv going to the lego store after "Black Mollies"
-"Sticking Up" where Shiv stops himself from getting robbed.
-Jaxon and Shiv at the farmer's market because that sounds awesome :)
-Boss White's retirement, if you have that written out yet. Or if not, perhaps Boss White's recovery after the crazy with the disintegration beam.
-How is Judd doing with speech therapy?
-Has Judd met the centaurs? Would they like to meet him?
-Has President Latheef figured out anything more about his powers? How are relations between soups and naries going in the Maldives.
-How are things going in Thalassia? What is the relationship like between Thalassia and the Maldives?
-Have there been any more trouble for the Triton Teen Center in Mercedes? Has anyone made a counter-offer yet, or are they still just bitching?
Seconding!
Date: 2022-08-17 05:05 am (UTC)Re: Seconding!
Date: 2022-08-26 03:46 am (UTC)804 lines, Buy It Now = $402
Poem
Date: 2022-08-26 03:46 am (UTC)804 lines, Buy It Now = $402
(no subject)
Date: 2022-08-16 10:13 pm (UTC)Anything goes? how about literally anything goes, if you could rewrite reality on the fly, including your own abilities, what would be your limits? Would a god even have limits? But if not... then what would be the point if everything is effortless? Unless of course, the whole point is that you're not doing it for yourself, but for somebody(ies) else...
Or another idea... they say do not underestimate the power of the cute... so, imagine Dr Infanta getting her own way without using even a smidgen of her power, and without anyone knowing who she is.
(no subject)
Date: 2022-08-16 10:24 pm (UTC)Poem
Date: 2022-08-17 12:45 am (UTC)As for why gods limit themselves in dealing with a built universe, it's usually for the same reason one doesn't use one's bare fingers to fix microcircuits: they won't fit.
Poem
Date: 2022-08-16 10:24 pm (UTC)Hold for original prompter.
(no subject)
Date: 2022-08-17 12:23 am (UTC)*Also Terramagne: Keane and Clement actually getting along, with or without working in concert as far as powers and skills go, although that would definitely be fun to see.
*One more for Terramagne: Can we check in on more of the liberated bots post escaping from China? Whoever and however many you like, and at whatever time interval, from moments after teleporting clear to longer post-rescue, take your pick. I confess, I'm hopeful Hou Weici and her husband got to Hong Kong safely at the very least; is it known if they managed the escape? I'd absolutely take poem(s) depicting one or more rescues, too.
Poem
Date: 2022-08-21 11:34 am (UTC)129 lines, Buy It Now = $65
Missing?
Date: 2022-08-17 01:49 am (UTC)Re: Missing?
Date: 2022-08-17 01:56 am (UTC)Re: Missing?
Date: 2022-08-17 02:52 am (UTC)Re: Missing?
Date: 2022-08-17 10:47 pm (UTC)247 lines, Buy It Now = $124
Re: Missing?
Date: 2022-08-18 04:56 pm (UTC)Poem
Date: 2022-08-17 02:17 am (UTC)Hold for original prompter.
Re: Poem
Date: 2022-08-21 01:00 pm (UTC)I think I've just seen two of these, and neither of them works.
(no subject)
Date: 2022-08-17 08:50 am (UTC)Wherein the party of the first part and the party of the second part agree that arbitration will be by an independent tribunal for the purpose of....
Poem
Date: 2022-08-20 04:39 am (UTC)119 lines, Buy It Now = $55
Done for the night!
Date: 2022-08-17 12:07 pm (UTC)Re: Done for the night!
Date: 2022-08-24 04:56 am (UTC)1376 lines, Buy It Now = $688
Poem
Date: 2022-09-02 11:48 am (UTC)795 lines, Buy It Now = $398