Unsold Poems for the December 1, 2020 Poetry Fishbowl

The following poems from the December 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 "The Arc of the Mental Universe," "Everything That Blooms," "In the Shade of the Mighty Oak," "Let the Children Lead Us," and "Autumn's Palette," and "Pumpkin Spice Prosperity."

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Poetry Fishbowl Report for December 1, 2020

This month's theme was "Unconventional Living Arrangements." I wrote from 1 PM to 7 AM, so about 16 hours accounting for lunch and supper breaks. I wrote 5 poems on Tuesday and another 13 later on.

Participation was way up, with 17 comments on LiveJournal and another 58 on Dreamwidth. A total of 17 people sent prompts, also up. Please welcome new prompter hangingbyastitch, whom you can thank for the second freebie.


Read Some Poetry!
The following poems from the December 1, 2020 Poetry Fishbowl have been posted:
"As an Alternative"
"A Celebration and a Consolation"
"Cool Digs"
"He Made Some Houses"
"The Magical Land of Colored Wagons"
"Tefilat Haderech"
"The Tiger Women"

"Pumpkin Spice Prosperity" (linkback perk) (Polychrome Heroics, November 2020 Creative Jam)
"The Glass Hammer Knocks on the Nursery Door" (Polychrome Heroics and Schrodinger's Heroes, October 6, 2020 Poetry Fishbowl)


Buy some poetry!
If you plan to sponsor some poetry but haven't made up your mind yet, see the unsold poetry list from December 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: janetmiles, wyld_dandelyon, ng_moonmoth,  and Anthony & Shirley Barrette. There were no new donors. There is one tally toward a bonus fishbowl.


The Poetry Fishbowl has a landing page.

Poem: "When Someone Else Believes in You"

This poem is spillover from the June 2, 2020 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from fuzzyred and wyld_dandelyon. It also fills the "Acceptance" square in my 6-1-20 card for the Cottoncandy Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette. It belongs to the Mercedes thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.

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Character notes for "When Someone Else Believes in You"

These are the character notes for "When Someone Else Believes in You."

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Content notes for "When Someone Else Believes in You"

These are the content notes for "When Someone Else Believes in You."

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Poem: "Le rêve et l’amour"

This poem was written outside the regular prompt calls. It fills the "Je T'aime" square in my 2-5-19 card for the Fluff Bingo fest. It has been sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette. This poem belongs to the Rutledge thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.

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Character notes for "Le rêve et l’amour"

Here are the character notes for "Le rêve et l’amour."

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Content notes for "Le rêve et l’amour"

Here are the content notes for "Le rêve et l’amour."

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Self-Awareness Question: Internet

Folks have mentioned an interest in questions and conversations that make them think. So I've decided to offer more of those. This is the current list on self-awareness.

61. Could you live without the internet?

The internet is not a survival need, so yes.  However, it would be much harder to do my job.

Poem: "Give Back Grace and Delight"

This poem came out of the June 2, 2020 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from technoshaman, chanter1944, curiosity, wyld_dandelyon, rix_scaedu, and Anonymous. It also fills the "early" square in my 6-1-20 card for the Cottoncandy Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette. It belongs to the Broken Angels thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.

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Character notes for "Give Back Grace and Delight"

Here are the character notes for "Give Back Grace and Delight."

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Location and content notes for "Give Back Grace and Delight"

These are the location and content notes for "Give Back Grace and Delight."

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Birdfeeding

Today is clear and cold.

I fed the birds.  Not much visible activity at the moment.

Poem: "The Sublime Curiosity"

This poem came out of the October 6, 2020 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from siliconshaman and lone_cat. It also fills the "WILD CARD: Mummy" square in my 10-1-20 card for the Fall Festival Bingo. This poem has been sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette. It belongs to the series Frankenstein's Family.

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Notes for "The Sublime Curiosity"

These are the notes for "The Sublime Curiosity."

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Holiday Poetry Sale Update

I have caught up on posting the batches sponsored by janetmiles and by my parents.  You can find links to all the titles on the Holiday Poetry Sale page. 

If you are still shopping, the pool hosted by ng_moonmoth is still open and will close before noon on Friday.  There are also many sub-epics left if you're shopping on your own with a modest budget.