Birdfeeding

Today is sunny and mild.

I fed the birds.

I cut up dry brush to put on the firepit. 

EDIT 9/13/20 -- I gathered a trolley of dead weeds for the firepit.

Poem: "Always Time for Pain"

This poem is spillover from the September 1, 2020 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from nsfwords, mama_kestrel, ng_moonmoth, rix_scaedu, and Anonymous. It also fills the "Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome" square in my 9-1-20 card for the I Want Fries With That! Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by ng_moonmoth and nsfwords. It belongs to A Conflagration of Dragons series.

Warning: This poem contains intense topics. Highlight to read the warnings, some of which are spoilers. This is hardcore hurt/comfort. It includes canon-typical violence, a dragon destroying a city, fire, death, refugees, traumatic stress, interspecies issues, injuries of varying severity, including wings, messy medical details, exhaustion, grief, scar revulsion, loss, repeated trauma, and other mayhem. If these are sensitive issues for you, please consider your tastes and headspace before reading onward.

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Unsold Poems for the September 1, 2020 Poetry Fishbowl

The following poems from the September 1, 2020 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 "Mysterious and Impermanent," "Greater Than the Sum," "A Lively Feast," "Always Carry Your Goodness," "Crossroads on the Hero's Journey," "Gökotta," "The Arc of the Mental Universe," "So Often Alone," "An Iron Fist," "The Bushfire Shawl," "Petrichor," "Putting Everything in Its Place," "Everything That Blooms," "Two Ends of a Spectrum," and "In the Shade of the Mighty Oak."

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Poem: "Not My Responsibility"

This poem was written outside the regular prompt calls. It fills the "Abuse" square in my 6-18-19 card for the hc_bingo fest. It has been sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette. This poem belongs to the Polychrome Heroics series.

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Poem: "The Hoofprint of a Horse Beside It"

This poem is from the September 1, 2020 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from bairnsidhe and Anonymous. It also fills the "multiple disabled characters" square in my 9-1-20 card for the I Want Fries With That! Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette. It belongs to the Officer Pink thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.

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