Nature Photos

 Toad.

Poem: "Forfeiture"

This poem fills a square on my card for the kink_bingo fest. This fest encourages people to push the limits of their comfort zone by creating erotica, pr0n, smut, and other sexy stuff in the many flavors of kinky, sensual, and otherwise exotic activities. I'm hoping to attract some new readers for my writing.

The following story belongs to Schrodinger's Heroes, featuring an apocryphal television show supported by an imaginary fandom. It's science fiction about quantum physics and saving the world from alternate dimensions. It features a very mixed cast in terms of ethnicity and sexual orientation. This project developed with input from multiple people, and it's open for everyone to play in. You can read more about the background, the characters, and a bunch of assorted content on the menu page.

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Birdfeeding

The seed feeders and the suet feeders are now full.

Today I saw a bluejay just outside my office window crying "Thief!  Thief!" like they do.

Birdfeeding

The seed feeders and the suet feeders are now full.

Today I saw a bluejay just outside my office window crying "Thief!  Thief!" like they do.

BINGO: First line bingo, chromatic characters, 2 stories & 3 poems

I've posted my first bingo in my card for the kink_bingo  fest.  It features Kay from Schrodinger's Heroes, and there's one story that's a Sherlock BBC crossover.  So this also meets the Chromatic Characters Achievement.

This fest encourages people to push the limits of their comfort zone by creating erotica, pr0n, smut, and other sexy stuff in the many flavors of kinky, sensual, and otherwise exotic activities. It's open to all fandoms plus original content, and all kinds of material.  Expect much of the content to be NSFW.  Read the prompts and rules here. The signup post is here.

I thought this might be an effective way to attract some new readers. It's also useful for developing some of my more romantically adventurous series.

Poem: "tsukumogami"

This poem came out of the March 2012 Crowdfunding Creative Jam.  It was inspired by a prompt from jjhunter (see "Bakemono-san") and sponsored by her.


tsukumogami


we're celebrating
the centennial year of
making landfall here

all our relatives
have become ancestors now --
there is no one left

all those who recalled
what it was to live on Earth
have since passed away

but they left us things
to remember their home by:
tsukumogami  (1)

this is the year when
the relics will come alive
and start to whisper:

karakasa-san,  (2)
tell us the taste of the rain
upon Mt. Fuji

geta-san,  what was  (3)
it like to hold kimono
hems above the Earth?

chawan-san,  recall  (4)
the color of the tea leaves
in Shizuoka

Old Man Entropy
has two beautiful daughters
who follow his path

Wabiko is the
Simple Girl who shows to us
humble rustic charms

Sabiko is the
Aging Girl who embodies
time's lovely changes

we brought them with us
from Earth: Old Man Entropy
and his two daughters

we found them here, too,
already waiting for us
when the ships touched down

tsukumogami,
remember us when we too
become ancestors

our lives are petals
on the summer wind of time,
lovely and fleeting


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1) tsukumogami -- objects a hundred plus years old that have become sentient

2) karakasa -- traditional oil-paper umbrella (as opposed to 'bat-winged' Western umbrellas). The suffix -san   is a Japanese honorific, roughly equivalent to "Sir" or "Mrs." etc.

3) geta -- traditional wooden clogs worn with kimono to keep the delicate hem above the ground

4) chawan -- a tea bowl used in the traditional tea ceremony, prized for imperfections in its glaze