Eyak People

 ... now have a website devoted to reviving their language, formerly declared extinct.  Aho!

Bonus Fishbowl Poll

As the Poetry Fishbowl has met its $250 goal three times, there will be a bonus fishbowl in one series on Tuesday, March 20. Some personal distractions made me lose track of time, and I didn't get this poll up earlier, so it'll have to be a quickie. I've got things that will keep me busy for much of today, and I'll try to get back to this tonight and post the advance announcement. Sorry for the scramble. Everyone is eligible to vote in this poll.

Poll #19642 Bonus Fishbowl Series

This poll is closed.
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 14

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Which series should the bonus fishbowl feature?

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Acrostic Magery
1 (7.1%)

Beneath the Family Tree
4 (28.6%)

The Godship Wanderers
1 (7.1%)

The Time Towers
3 (21.4%)

The Yellow Unicorns
5 (35.7%)

Bonus Fishbowl Poll

Vote on the series for the bonus fishbowl.

10 Things to Say Instead of "Stop Crying"

Browse the list and memorize as many of them as seem useful to you.  For reference, 9) is the one I usually want to hear when I'm upset.  I have used most of the others when speaking to someone else.

Poetry Fishbowl on Tuesday, March 20

This is an advance announcement for the Tuesday, March 20, 2018 Poetry Fishbowl.  The extra series fishbowl comes as a perk from recent fishbowls reaching the $250 goal.  An audience poll selected "The Yellow Unicorns" as the poetic series to be featured.  I'll be soliciting ideas for unicorn hunters, unicorns, other mythical beasts, priests, damsels, knights, wizards, deities, hunting, riding, healing, believing, seeing the unseen, saving the day, the forest primeval, grottos and clearings, beaches, temples, other places where unicorns are found, quests, colorblindness, color symbolism, alternative sex/gender dynamics, spirituality, magical artifacts, epiphanies, and poetic forms in particular.

This series doesn't have its own page yet, so you can find the posted poems here:
"The Yellow Unicorns"
"The Attack of the Dragon Shrimp"
"Greater Than the Sum"
"Healing Horns" (unpublished, $5)
"Hearing Hoofbeats"

If you're interested, mark the date on your calendar, and please hold actual prompts until the "Poetry Fishbowl Open" post next week.  This fishbowl is open to everyone, and you may share the announcement with anyone interested in the motifs found in "The Yellow Unicorns."

( New to the fishbowl? Read all about it! )

Poetry Fishbowl on Tuesday, March 20, 2018

This is an advance announcement for the Tuesday, March 20, 2018 Poetry Fishbowl.  The extra series fishbowl comes as a perk from recent fishbowls reaching the $250 goal.  An audience poll selected "The Yellow Unicorns" as the poetic series to be featured.  I'll be soliciting ideas for unicorn hunters, unicorns, other mythical beasts, priests, damsels, knights, wizards, deities, hunting, riding, healing, believing, seeing the unseen, saving the day, the forest primeval, grottos and clearings, beaches, temples, other places where unicorns are found, quests, colorblindness, color symbolism, alternative sex/gender dynamics, spirituality, magical artifacts, epiphanies, and poetic forms in particular.

This series doesn't have its own page yet, so you can find the posted poems here:
"The Yellow Unicorns"
"The Attack of the Dragon Shrimp"
"Greater Than the Sum"
"Healing Horns" (unpublished, $5)
"Hearing Hoofbeats"

If you're interested, mark the date on your calendar, and please hold actual prompts until the "Poetry Fishbowl Open" post next week.  This fishbowl is open to everyone, and you may share the announcement with anyone interested in the motifs found in "The Yellow Unicorns."

( New to the fishbowl? Read all about it! )

Moment of Silence: Stephen Hawking and Poem: "Stardust to Stardust"

Stephen Hawking has passed away. He has been the greatest mind on Earth for many years.

HANKY WARNING
I wrote this elegy and I'm still crying. Actually, just get the whole box of kleenex.

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