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The following poems from the April 4, 2023 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 "Let the Children Lead Us," "Pumpkin Spice Prosperity," "Delight in Another," "A Sense of Weather Changes," "Ouroboros Insects," "The Loving Embrace of Night," "Generations of Cooks Past," "Begin to Understand Ourselves," "Homefree and Clear, " "One Bite at a Time," "Stars and Diamonds," "Mishpocha," "There's an Art to It," "The Glass Cat," "Changing Your Nature," and "Besa."
"Before You Can Love Me"
Story Date: Saturday, September 3, 2016
Summary: Warshirt is bemused by how the totem girls treat him, especially Spotted Deer.
947 lines, Buy It Now = $474
Warshirt noticed that, over time,
the totem girls spent more and
more time hanging around him.
"A Great Deal of Energy and Determination"
Story Date: Saturday, June 4, 2016
Summary: Il Dottore introduces Halley to a fashion designer, because they both need to get out of their heads after fretting over the Big One.
544 lines, Buy It Now = $272
Halley waited patiently for Il Dottore
to finish his mental examination.
"The Happiness of the Bee"
Story Date: Saturday, July 25, 2015
Summary: Pictish boys wander the moors tending to beehives.
203 lines, Buy It Now = $102
What Drest map Erilich loved best
was escaping from the family farm
to run wild in the moors and woods.
"The Imagination to Improvise"
Summary: Tolli, Simon, and Pavo visit Shiv at Hanson Hall.
849 lines, Buy It Now = $425
Shiv leaned over the workbench
in his studio, carefully fitting
bits of stained glass together.
NEW SERIES
Quixotic Ideas is a contemporary fantasy series set in Quorth, an analog of modern Earth, with a positive slant akin to Terramagne. It integrates magic with everyday life.
"The Qui to Everything"
Summary: This poem describes various types of people and their interactions with magic and each other.
63 lines, Buy It Now = $32
Where there is life,
there is energy.
"Mermaids and Sailors"
Summary: Consider the long-running conflict between mermaids and sailors, and the importance of negotiators.
45 lines, Buy It Now = $20
"Before You Can Love Me"
Story Date: Saturday, September 3, 2016
Summary: Warshirt is bemused by how the totem girls treat him, especially Spotted Deer.
947 lines, Buy It Now = $474
Warshirt noticed that, over time,
the totem girls spent more and
more time hanging around him.
"A Great Deal of Energy and Determination"
Story Date: Saturday, June 4, 2016
Summary: Il Dottore introduces Halley to a fashion designer, because they both need to get out of their heads after fretting over the Big One.
544 lines, Buy It Now = $272
Halley waited patiently for Il Dottore
to finish his mental examination.
"The Happiness of the Bee"
Story Date: Saturday, July 25, 2015
Summary: Pictish boys wander the moors tending to beehives.
203 lines, Buy It Now = $102
What Drest map Erilich loved best
was escaping from the family farm
to run wild in the moors and woods.
"The Imagination to Improvise"
Summary: Tolli, Simon, and Pavo visit Shiv at Hanson Hall.
849 lines, Buy It Now = $425
Shiv leaned over the workbench
in his studio, carefully fitting
bits of stained glass together.
NEW SERIES
Quixotic Ideas is a contemporary fantasy series set in Quorth, an analog of modern Earth, with a positive slant akin to Terramagne. It integrates magic with everyday life.
"The Qui to Everything"
Summary: This poem describes various types of people and their interactions with magic and each other.
63 lines, Buy It Now = $32
Where there is life,
there is energy.
"Mermaids and Sailors"
Summary: Consider the long-running conflict between mermaids and sailors, and the importance of negotiators.
45 lines, Buy It Now = $20