Poem: "The Strange Shapes of Clouds"

This poem came out of the January 7, 2020 Poetry Fishbowl.  It was inspired by Jay.  It has been sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette.

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"The Strange Shapes of Clouds" has unusual formatting, so it's over on LiveJournal. 

Poem: "And Then It Clicked"

This poem is spillover from the October 6, 2020 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from Anonymous. It also fills the "Vulnerability: unable to communicate" square in my 8-1-20 card for the Five Moments of Intimacy Bingo fest. This poem belongs to the Sounds of Civilization series. It comes between "Clear as a Whistle" and "The Flesh of Many Voices."

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Poem: "The Flesh of Many Voices"

This poem is spillover from the October 6, 2020 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from Anonymous. It also fills:
Fall Festival Bingo Card 10-1-20:
Don't fool with recombinant DNA technology unless you're really sure you know what you are doing.
This poem belongs to the Sounds of Civilization series. It comes after "Clear as a Whistle" and "And Then It Clicked."

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Poem: Darrow Poems

These poems were written outside the regular prompt calls. They have been sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette. They belong to the Darrow Poems.

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Poem: "The Global Gourmet"

This poem came out of the February 2, 2021 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by my partner Doug. It also fills the "Stephanotis - Desire to Travel" square in my 2-1-21 "Language of Flowers" card for the Valentines Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette.

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Poem: "Never Ask You to Change"

This poem came out of the October 5, 2021 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from kelkyag, technoshaman, and Anonymous. It also fills the "I would never ask you to change. I like who you are." square in my 10-1-21 card for the Fall Festival Bingo. This poem has been sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette. It belongs to the Steamsmith series.

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Lexember Day 24

I'm doing Lexember this month. The idea is to make (or learn) a new word every day. This can be for a conlang or a natural language.


December 24
Worldbanger -- a person, usually a supervillain, who wants to damage or destroy the world.
[Polychrome Heroics vocabulary]

Birdfeeding

Today is cloudy and mild.

I fed the birds.  I haven't seen much activity at the feeder today, just a few sparrows. 

Poem: "A Tree’s Way Back into the Ground"

This poem was written outside the regular prompt calls. It fills the "Deer" square in my 12-1-21 card for the Winter Fest Bingo. It has been sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette. This poem belongs to the Officer Pink thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.

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Character notes for "A Tree's Way Back into the Ground"

These are the character notes for "A Tree's Way Back into the Ground."

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Location and content notes for "A Tree's Way Back into the Ground"

These are the location and content notes for "A Tree's Way Back into the Ground."

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Pool Update

The pool is closed. It consisted of fuzzyred, ng_moonmoth, janetmiles, and edorfaus. Together they have sponsored a huge list of poems. I will mark these on the sale page, but as you can guess, it's going to take me a while to get them all posted.

If you are still shopping, you have the rest of tonight for whatever's left. The Holiday Poetry Sale ends today, so finish up before Saturday morning.

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Poem: "Those Who Have Nothing"

This poem is spillover from the December 7, 2021 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired and sponsored by ng_moonmoth. It fills the "Some Assembly Required" square in my 12-1-21 card for the Winter Fest Bingo. This poem belongs to the series A Conflagration of Dragons.

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