Poetry Fishbowl Report for October 1, 2019

Our theme this time was "genderbending fairytales." I wrote from 12:30 PM to 1:15 AM, so about 10 hours 45 minutes allowing for breaks. I wrote 9 poems on Tuesday and another 1 later.

Participation held strong, with 12 comments on LiveJournal and another 65 on Dreamwidth. A total of 23 people sent prompts. There were three new prompters this month. You have them to thank for the second freebie, "All Through the Year."


Read Some Poetry!
The following poems from the October 1, 2019 Poetry Fishbowl have been posted:
"Among the Indispensable Elements"
"Cinder-fella"
"Goldilocks and the Genderbears"
"A Painful Process"
"Rooster Little Saves the Sky"

"So Often Alone" (September 23, 2019 outside fishbowl) (linkback perk)
"A Candle Inside a Multicolored Lantern" (September 3, 2019 Poetry Fishbowl) (free epic)
"The Same Sky at the Same Time" (September 30, 2019 outside fishbowl)
"All Through the Year" (October 18, 2019 outside fishbowl, standalone) (free perk)


Buy some poetry!
If you plan to sponsor some poetry but haven't made up your mind yet, see the unsold poetry list from October 1. That includes the title, length, price, and the original thumbnail description for the poems still available. All sponsored poems have been posted. This month's donors include: zianuray, shadowdancer, janetmiles, ng_moonmoth, rix_scaedu, Anthony and Shirley Barrette. There are 3 tallies toward a bonus fishbowl.


The Poetry Fishbowl also has a permanent landing page.

Poetry Fishbowl on Tuesday, November 5

This is an advance announcement for the Tuesday, November 5, 2019 Poetry Fishbowl. This time the theme will be "language is fun."  I'll be soliciting ideas for linguists, xenolinguists, polyglots, children, fish out of water, foreign language learners, language teachers, historians, ancient language scholars, writers, bards, heroic leads, antagonists, intelligent beasts, talking artifacts, magic users, explorers, ancestral spirits, deities, other people who work with language, speaking, listening, reading, writing, researching languages, inventing languages, reviving languages that are declining or dormant, exploring new discoveries, learning magic, learning a new language, creating connections, coming of age, learning what you can (and can't) do, accomplishing the impossible, recovering from setbacks, returning home, libraries, schools, language nests, grandparents' home, theaters, squares and plazas, caravans, castles and towers, monasteries, other places where people share languages, language window, the Rosetta Stone, home language, religious language, secret language, lost language, vernacular language, alien language, invented language, wordplay, writing that nobody can read, the printing press, alphabets and other writing systems, the heroic journey, tomes and scrolls, personal growth, imprint vulnerability, rites of passage, and poetic forms in particular.

Among my more relevant series for the main theme:

Clay of Life deals in Jewish folklore, with snippets of Hebrew and Yiddish.

Feathered Nests features the alien Fifers, sometimes touching on their language.

Fiorenza the Wisewoman is Italian historic fantasy and includes bits of Italian.

Frankenstein's Family sprawls across French, Latin, Romanian, Hungarian, Romani, Dacian, and various other languages.

Hart's Farm features Scandinavian and a little Celtic folklore, with a few words from those and other languages.

Lacquerware is Edopunk, drawing inspiration from Japanese.

Polychrome Heroics has characters who speak many different languages.

The Steamsmith includes a lot of alchemical vocabulary.

The Time Towers involves traveling to many different cultures.

Or you can ask for something new.

I have a linkback poem "Life in a Stone" (5 verses, standalone).

If you're interested, mark the date on your calendar, and please hold actual prompts until the "Poetry Fishbowl Open" post next week.  (If you're not available that day, or you live in a time zone that makes it hard to reach me, you can leave advance prompts.  I am now.)  Meanwhile, if you want to help with promotion, please feel free to link back here or repost this on your blog. 

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

Poetry Fishbowl on Tuesday, November 5

This is an advance announcement for the Tuesday, November 5, 2019 Poetry Fishbowl. This time the theme will be "language is fun."  I'll be soliciting ideas for linguists, xenolinguists, polyglots, children, fish out of water, foreign language learners, language teachers, historians, ancient language scholars, writers, bards, heroic leads, antagonists, intelligent beasts, talking artifacts, magic users, explorers, ancestral spirits, deities, other people who work with language, speaking, listening, reading, writing, researching languages, inventing languages, reviving languages that are declining or dormant, exploring new discoveries, learning magic, learning a new language, creating connections, coming of age, learning what you can (and can't) do, accomplishing the impossible, recovering from setbacks, returning home, libraries, schools, language nests, grandparents' home, theaters, squares and plazas, caravans, castles and towers, monasteries, other places where people share languages, language window, the Rosetta Stone, home language, religious language, secret language, lost language, vernacular language, alien language, invented language, wordplay, writing that nobody can read, the printing press, alphabets and other writing systems, the heroic journey, tomes and scrolls, personal growth, imprint vulnerability, rites of passage, and poetic forms in particular.

Among my more relevant series for the main theme:

Clay of Life deals in Jewish folklore, with snippets of Hebrew and Yiddish.

Feathered Nests features the alien Fifers, sometimes touching on their language.

Fiorenza the Wisewoman is Italian historic fantasy and includes bits of Italian.

Frankenstein's Family sprawls across French, Latin, Romanian, Hungarian, Romani, Dacian, and various other languages.

Hart's Farm features Scandinavian and a little Celtic folklore, with a few words from those and other languages.

Lacquerware is Edopunk, drawing inspiration from Japanese.

Polychrome Heroics has characters who speak many different languages.

The Steamsmith includes a lot of alchemical vocabulary.

The Time Towers involves traveling to many different cultures.

Or you can ask for something new.

I have a linkback poem "Life in a Stone" (5 verses, standalone).

If you're interested, mark the date on your calendar, and please hold actual prompts until the "Poetry Fishbowl Open" post next week.  (If you're not available that day, or you live in a time zone that makes it hard to reach me, you can leave advance prompts.  I am now.)  Meanwhile, if you want to help with promotion, please feel free to link back here or repost this on your blog. 

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

Feathering the Nest

... is still open if you haven't prompted.

Solar Design in Ancient Greece

Passive solar is not new, it's very old.