The Wordsmith's Forge

This is today's freebie, inspired by wyld_dandelyon. It also fills the "earth tones" square in my 4-1-25 card for the Aesthetics Bingo Fest. It belongs to the series Arts and Crafts America.

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This poem is spillover from the January 7, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from nsfwords. It also fills the “Why be good?” square in my 1-1-25 card for the Public Domain Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by Dreamwidth user Lone_cat. It belongs to the Telepathic Kittens thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.

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This poem is spillover from the September 3, 2024 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from see_also_friend. It also fills the "Addiction" square in my 9-1-24 card for the People with Disabilities Drabble Fest Bingo. This poem has been sponsored by janetmiles. It belongs to the Rutledge thread of the Polychrome Heroics series. It follows "Not Until We Are Lost" and "Come to a New Point of View" so read those first, or this won't make much sense.

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This poem is spillover from the March 4, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from fuzzyred, readera, see_also_friend, and janetmiles. It also fills the "fight" square in my 3-1-25 card for the Tolkien Bingo Fest. This poem has been sponsored by janetmiles. It belongs to the college arc of the Shiv thread in the Polychrome Heroics series.

Warning: This poem contains intense and controversial topics. Highlight to read the more detailed warnings, some of which are spoilers. It includes girls being anxious about safety at college, past educational trauma, minor disrespect of a nontraditional student, sexual harassment, rude language, attempted assault, appropriate use of superpowers in a fight, minor bloodshed, ignominious retreat, plans for graffiti, talking about sexual harassment, and other challenges. If these are sensitive issues for you, please consider your tastes and headspace before reading onward.

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This poem came out of the March 4, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from jake67jake. It also fills the "Shadows" square in my 3-1-25 card for the Tolkien Bingo Fest. This poem has been sponsored by Anthony Barrette.

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This is today's second freebie, thanks to new prompters crunchysteve and zesty_pinto. \o/ It was inspired by prompts from nsfwords and rix_scaedu. It also fills the "dragons" square in my 3-1-25 card for the Tolkien Bingo Fest. This poem belongs to A Conflagration of Dragons series.

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This is the free poem for the February 4, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl reaching its $100 goal. It also fills the "Brown / Tan" square in my 11-1-24 card for the Sleepytime Bear Bingo fest.

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This poem is spillover from the February 4, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired and sponsored by janetmiles. It also fills the "Morning-after Regrets" square in my 2-1-25 card for the Valentines Bingo fest and the "And I'm the monster?" square in my 10-1-24 card for the Fall Fest Bingo. This poem belongs to the series Quixotic Ideas. It directly follows "The Separation of Powers," so read that first or this won't make any sense.

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This is today's freebie. It was inspired by prompts from wyld_dandelyon, see_also_friend, and alchemicink. It also fills the "Make New Friends" square in my 2-1-25 card for the Valentines Bingo fest. This poem belongs to the series Daughters of the Apocalypse.

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This poem came out of the December 3, 2024 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from rix_scaedu, siliconshaman, and see_also_friend. It also fills the "Fair Isle / Fisherman's Sweater" square in my 11-1-24 card for the Sleepytime Bear Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by Anthony Barrette. It belongs to the series Peculiar Obligations.

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