Jul. 29th, 2019

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This poll covers the ideas proposed in the recent call for themes. Everyone is eligible to vote in this poll. I will keep it open until at least tonight. If there are clear answers then, I'll close it. Otherwise I may leave it open until Tuesday morning, when I have to post the theme for next week's fishbowl. If you don't have a Dreamwidth account, you can vote in an anonymous comment, but include some kind of handle to distinguish yourself.

For this poll, you can vote for as many themes as you find appealing. I recommend that you don't vote for all of them, since that makes it harder to whittle down the list. The themes are arranged in alphabetical order.

Here are your options ...

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These are some posts from the later part of last week in case you missed them:
Sunday Yardening
Why English Is Evolving
Poem: "To See a Doll of Yourself"
Today's Adventures
Saturday Yardening
How to Improve Conversation Skills
Cheap Places to Live
Poem: "If You Don't Have Experience Sewing"
Community Building Tip: Traveling
Friday Yardening
Recipe: "Summer Squash with Herbal Butter"
Thursday Yardening
Today's Cooking
Emotional Intimacy Question: Comfort
Moment of Silence: Rutger Hauer
Poem: "Even If We Have to Dig a Little"
Good News


Poetry in Microfunding:

There are two open epics.

"Everyone Can Dance" belongs to Polychrome Heroics: Shiv. Shiv realizes a possible catch in the plan.

"What Survives the Whole Process" belongs to Polychrome Heroics: Fortressa. Penny has finalized the design of her new cargo pants.


The weather has been mild here. Seen at the birdfeeders this week: a small flock of mourning doves, several house finches, several sparrows, a pair of cardinals, and a squirrel. Currently blooming: violas, petunias, pinks, marigolds, lantana, torenia, million bells, moss rose, firecracker plant, salvia, nasturtiums, gaillardia, clover, morning glories, butterfly weed, blackberry lilies, cup plant, yellow coneflower, bergamot, gladioli, partridge pea, red yarrow, coreopsis, and a bunch of other things. There are a few mulberries left. Blackberries are ripe. Crabapples and apples have green fruit.

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This is the linkback perk poem for the July 2, 2019 Poetry Fishbowl. It was originally hosted by Dreamwidth user Dialecticdreamer. It fills a square in my 12-31-18 card for the Untranslatable Words Bingo fest:
Sobremesa (Spanish): After-lunch conversation around the table
This poem belongs to the series LIFC.

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The following poems from the July 2, 2019 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 "The Open Gyre," "Growing Green, Growing Gold," "Mysterious and Impermanent," "Greater Than the Sum," "Nascent Wisdom," "A Lively Feast," "Between the Normal and the Abnormal," "Always Carry Your Goodness," "Crossroads on the Hero's Journey," "Gökotta," "May Everything," and "Sobremesa."

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Today we made a batch of Wild Tidy Joes using bison meat.  (The original recipe used elk, but it works with a variety of game meats.  We've done it with venison too.)  I got six cartons of sandwich filling.  So that's 6 suppers for the two of us, plus 6-12 lunches for my partner Doug, or 18-24 servings.  We paid about $30 for three pounds of bison meat and probably another $10 for additional ingredients.  That's about $1.66 to $2.22 per serving.  You can put this stuff in a tortilla, a hamburger or hot dog bun, etc.  It also makes a great meaty dip for crackers or chips if you don't like the creamy kind.
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This poem came out of the July 2, 2019 Poetry Fishbowl.  It was inspired by prompts from Dreamwidth users Capri0mni, Bairnsidhe, Curiosity, Readera, and [livejournal.com profile] ng_moonmoth. It also fills the "International Day of Persons with Disabilities - December 3" square in my 7-1-19 card for the Winterfest in July Bingo fest.  This poem belongs to the Polychrome Heroics series. Aconite and several other characters were introduced in "What Makes the Feast," so you might want to read that first.

This microfunded poem is being posted one verse at a time, as donations come in to cover them.  The rate is $0.50/line, so $5 will reveal 10 new lines, and so forth. There is a permanent donation button on my profile page, or you can contact me for other arrangements. You can also ask me about the number of lines per verse, if you want to fund a certain number of verses.
So far sponsors include: DW user Capri0mni, [livejournal.com profile] janetmiles, Bairnsidhe, general fund, Librarygeek

FULLY FUNDED
422 lines, Buy It Now = $211
Amount donated = $207.50
Verses posted = 114 of 118 

Amount remaining to fund fully = $3.50
Amount needed to fund next verse = $0.50
Amount needed to fund the verse after that = $1


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 Thanks to a donation from [personal profile] capri0mni , you can now read the beginning of "Pride Against Prejudice."  Several friends go to a Disability Pride parade.
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This session's theme was "Respect Is a Need." I wrote from 12:15 PM to 7 AM, so about 17 hours 45 minutes, allowing for lunch and supper breaks. I wrote 4 poems on Tuesday and another 14 later.

Participation was up with 13 comments on LiveJournal and another 61 on Dreamwidth. A total of 16 people sent prompts. There were no new prompters.


Read Some Poetry!
The following poems from the July 2, 2019 Poetry Fishbowl have been posted:
"Dignity, Respect, and Absolute Care"
"Honor the Complications"
"A Needful Thing"
"Pride Against Prejudice"
"Respecting Her Seniority"
"Total Control Over Your Body"
"Until Someone Lives in Them"
"What Survives the Whole Process"

"Sobremesa" (LIFC) (linkback perk)
"The Smallest Decisions" (June 4, 2019 Poetry Fishbowl, Polychrome Heroics: Shiv) (free poem)
"At Certain Crucial Moments" (outside prompt calls, Polychrome Heroics: Shiv)


Buy some poetry!
If you plan to sponsor some poetry but haven't made up your mind yet, see the unsold poetry list from July 2. That includes the title, length, price, and the original thumbnail description for the poems still available. All poems sponsored in this fishbowl have been posted. This month's donors include: [personal profile] capri0mni, [personal profile] zianuray, and [personal profile] janetmiles. There are now 0 tallies toward a bonus fishbowl.


The Poetry Fishbowl also has a permanent landing page.

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