The Wordsmith's Forge

The March 4, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl made its $200 goal, so you get a free epic. Everyone is eligible to vote in this poll. I will keep it open at least until Thursday night. If there's a clear answer then, I'll close it. Otherwise I may leave it open a little longer.

Here are your options:

"Of Greater Value"
Story Date: Longer Days Moon 1, 16 A.E.
Summary: Sir Jacqueline and Mikil Smith assess men coming to Lazarus Lake.
72 lines

"Meeting in the Middle"
Kan Ying sees through the lies of the Parthians and makes his way to Rome.
76 lines

"Whoever Tries to Understand"
Summary: Yarro advances her studies.
123 lines

The November 5, 2024 Poetry Fishbowl made its $200 goal, so you get a free epic. Everyone is eligible to vote in this poll. I will keep it open at least until Thursday night. If there's a clear answer then, I'll close it. Otherwise I may leave it open a little longer.

Here are your options:

"Meeting in the Middle"
Kan Ying sees through the lies of the Parthians and makes his way to Rome.
76 lines

"Never Be Silent"
Story Date: Monday, October 6, 2014
Summary: Principal Diego Ramirez deals with a complaint from an outraged parent.
145 lines

"Whoever Tries to Understand"
Summary: Yarro advances her studies.
123 lines

The October 1, 2024 Poetry Fishbowl made its $20 goal, so you get a free epic. I will keep this poll open at least until Saturday afternoon. If there's a clear answer then, I'll close it. Otherwise I may leave it open a little longer.

Here are your options:

"Meeting in the Middle"
Kan Ying sees through the lies of the Parthians and makes his way to Rome.
76 lines

"The White Feather"
Summary: What starts as one unusual meeting spreads to inspire greater connections between Friends and local tribes.
156 lines

"Whoever Tries to Understand"
Summary: Yarro advances her studies.
123 lines

The August 6, 2024 Poetry Fishbowl made its $150 goal, so you get a free sub-epic. I will keep this poll open at least until Wednesday afternoon.  If there's a clear answer then, I'll close it. Otherwise I may leave it open a little longer.

Here are your options:

"No Such Thing as a Poor Doctor"
Summary: Minxie fires her doctor and needs moral support from her friends.
57 lines

"A Very Lively Ethos"
Story Date: Friday, June 30, 2023
Summary: Amara uses elemental magic to keep the balance of nature.
60 lines

"With You Wherever You Go"
Story Date: June 2016
Summary: Artists depict Jesus among the aid workers responding to the earthquake.
57 lines

This poll covers the ideas proposed in the recent call for themes. Everyone is eligible to vote in this poll. I will keep it open until at least Tuesday afternoon. If there are clear answers then, I'll close it. Otherwise I may leave it open a little longer. If you don't have a Dreamwidth account, you can vote in an anonymous comment or email to me, but please include some kind of handle to distinguish yourself.

For this poll, you can vote for as many themes as you find appealing. I recommend that you don't vote for all of them, since that makes it harder to whittle down the list. The themes are arranged in alphabetical order.

Some of these could use a little explanation:

Aesthetics -- different styles of dress or decor.

Alternative Education -- examples from local-Earth, Terramagne, or elsewhere.

Cryptids -- various creatures that might or might not exist in contemporary times.

Montessori Literature as a Genre -- the principles of the educational system applied to fiction and other entertainment; one of several genres particular to Terramagne.

You can also look at the call for themes because some folks gave longer prompts that had to get condensed to work as themes.

Here are your options ...

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The April 2, 2024 Poetry Fishbowl made its $200 goal, so you get a free epic. I will keep this poll open at least until Tuesday night. If there's a clear answer then, I'll close it. Otherwise I may leave it open a little longer.

These are your options:

"The Last Command"
As the trees died, the military bases were left to their own devices.
62 lines

"Meeting in the Middle"
Kan Ying sees through the lies of the Parthians and makes his way to Rome.
76 lines

The general fund contains $101.50. Everyone is eligible to vote in this poll. I will keep it open at least until Monday night. If there's a clear answer then, I'll close it. Otherwise I may leave it open a little longer.


These are your options:

(This poem has just been opened for microfunding and needs $218.50 to be complete.)
"Dealing with Historical Events and Characters"
Story Date: Saturday, October 8, 2016
Summary: Alicia, Judd, and family enjoy the Great East-West Faire.

"Alice Walks the Sky Road"
Story Date: 1930s-present
Summary: This is the history of the Rutledge-Abenaki Airport.

"Do Something Different Inside"
Story Date: Saturday, June 11, 2016
Summary: Oscar introduces Kardal to Bumbleberry Acres.

This is the free poem poll for the January 2, 2024 Poetry Fishbowl making its $150 goal.  Everyone is eligible to vote in this poll.  I will keep it open until at least Sunday night.  If there's a clear answer then, I'll close it.  Otherwise I may leave it open a little longer.

Here are your options:

"Dragons of Rain and Fire"
Summary: Eastern dragons and Western dragons come from totally different cultures.
42 lines

"Mamalokshen"
Summary: Jewish food and language go together.
48 lines

The Poetry Fishbowl made its $200 goal, so you get a free epic. Everyone is eligible to vote in this poll. I will keep it open at least until Wednesday evening. If there's a clear answer then, I'll close it. Otherwise I may leave it open a little longer.

These are your options:

"Meeting in the Middle"
Kan Ying sees through the lies of the Parthians and makes his way to Rome.
76 lines

"All Singing and Shining Together"
Story Date: Monday, October 31, 2016
Summary: The Mori no Tami celebrate Samhain.
145 lines

The general fund currently contains $5. Everyone is eligible to vote in this poll. I will keep it open at least until Monday afternoon. If there's a clear answer then, I'll close it. Otherwise I may leave it open a little longer.

These are your options:

"Before You Can Love Me" belongs to Iron Horses and has 12 new verses. Spotted Deer and Warshirt discuss counseling and life skills.

"That Light Bulb in Your House with a Short in It" belongs to Shiv, Iron Horses, and Foster Fiasco. It has 49 new verses. Shiv and the Iron Horses debate what they can do for the other children in the Adder house.