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ysabetwordsmithThe following poems from the November 7, 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," "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."
"All Singing and Shining Together"
Story Date: Monday, October 31, 2016
Summary: The Mori no Tami celebrate Samhain.
145 lines, Buy It Now = $73
Samhain had come to Mori no Mura,
and with it the end of the witches' year.
"Iron-Like Animals"
Story Date: Sunday, October 4, 2015
Summary: Shiv helps the Iron Horses with fundraising for buffalo.
448 lines, Buy It Now = $224
Shiv went to the Omaha Reservation
to deliver some messages from Boss White.
"New Ways of Thinking"
Story Date: Thursday, April 2, 2015
Summary: Genna is gradually weaving herself into the community of Amilla Vazan.
162 lines, Buy It Now = $81
Genna loved living in Amilla Vazan.
The weather was usually beautiful,
the sea turquoise over white sand.
"A Shared Confrontation with Survival"
Story Date: 0 A.E.
Summary: After the End, Mother Mary Clara begins setting up a commune in the wood along with refugees in her care -- and then the boys arrive.
184 lines, Buy It Now = $92
Mother Mary Clara survived the Grunge,
perhaps because she was older and
it tended to attack people in their prime,
perhaps because she had survival skills
from her years as a young missionary,
or perhaps God had simply spared her.
* * *
These poems form a triptych:
"Bring Another into the Light"
Story Date: Midday of Thursday, September 1, 2016
Summary: Alicia shows up asking to borrow one of Boss Blaster's parks.
278 lines, Buy It Now = $139
Cas was washing the lunch dishes
when he heard the door open
and then agitated voices.
"Something Infinitely Healing"
Story Date: Afternoon of Thursday, September 1, 2016
Summary: Cas and Alicia visit Shady Grove Park.
481 lines, Buy It Now = $241
It was a beautiful day for a walk,
not too hot and not too cold.
Cas led Alicia through
the neighborhood as he
pointed out things to watch.
"The Little Things Are the Big Things"
Story Date: Evening of Thursday, September 1, 2016
Summary: After yardwork at the Shady Grove Park, the Broken Angels enjoy a feast at the lair.
438 lines, Buy It Now = $219
By the time they made it home,
the sun was sliding down the sky
toward dusk, and everyone
was starting to get hungry.
* * *
Here begins the new series Peculiar Obligations, starting with these two poems:
"Times of War or Times of Peace"
Story Date: 1600s
Summary: George Fox founds the Society of Friends, and the Quakers get into organized crime.
68 lines, Buy It Now = $34
As a boy, George Fox
began listening to God.
He aspired to purity and
to faith in God and mankind.
"Beyond What Words Can Set Forth"
Story Date: 1700s
Summary: Benjamin Lay fights slavery with shenanigans and smuggling.
76 lines, Buy It Now = $38
Benjamin Lay was an activist
so radical that he annoyed
everyone, even other Quakers.
"All Singing and Shining Together"
Story Date: Monday, October 31, 2016
Summary: The Mori no Tami celebrate Samhain.
145 lines, Buy It Now = $73
Samhain had come to Mori no Mura,
and with it the end of the witches' year.
"Iron-Like Animals"
Story Date: Sunday, October 4, 2015
Summary: Shiv helps the Iron Horses with fundraising for buffalo.
448 lines, Buy It Now = $224
Shiv went to the Omaha Reservation
to deliver some messages from Boss White.
"New Ways of Thinking"
Story Date: Thursday, April 2, 2015
Summary: Genna is gradually weaving herself into the community of Amilla Vazan.
162 lines, Buy It Now = $81
Genna loved living in Amilla Vazan.
The weather was usually beautiful,
the sea turquoise over white sand.
"A Shared Confrontation with Survival"
Story Date: 0 A.E.
Summary: After the End, Mother Mary Clara begins setting up a commune in the wood along with refugees in her care -- and then the boys arrive.
184 lines, Buy It Now = $92
Mother Mary Clara survived the Grunge,
perhaps because she was older and
it tended to attack people in their prime,
perhaps because she had survival skills
from her years as a young missionary,
or perhaps God had simply spared her.
* * *
These poems form a triptych:
"Bring Another into the Light"
Story Date: Midday of Thursday, September 1, 2016
Summary: Alicia shows up asking to borrow one of Boss Blaster's parks.
278 lines, Buy It Now = $139
Cas was washing the lunch dishes
when he heard the door open
and then agitated voices.
"Something Infinitely Healing"
Story Date: Afternoon of Thursday, September 1, 2016
Summary: Cas and Alicia visit Shady Grove Park.
481 lines, Buy It Now = $241
It was a beautiful day for a walk,
not too hot and not too cold.
Cas led Alicia through
the neighborhood as he
pointed out things to watch.
"The Little Things Are the Big Things"
Story Date: Evening of Thursday, September 1, 2016
Summary: After yardwork at the Shady Grove Park, the Broken Angels enjoy a feast at the lair.
438 lines, Buy It Now = $219
By the time they made it home,
the sun was sliding down the sky
toward dusk, and everyone
was starting to get hungry.
* * *
Here begins the new series Peculiar Obligations, starting with these two poems:
"Times of War or Times of Peace"
Story Date: 1600s
Summary: George Fox founds the Society of Friends, and the Quakers get into organized crime.
68 lines, Buy It Now = $34
As a boy, George Fox
began listening to God.
He aspired to purity and
to faith in God and mankind.
"Beyond What Words Can Set Forth"
Story Date: 1700s
Summary: Benjamin Lay fights slavery with shenanigans and smuggling.
76 lines, Buy It Now = $38
Benjamin Lay was an activist
so radical that he annoyed
everyone, even other Quakers.
