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The January 6, 2026 Poetry Fishbowl has 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 Sunday night. If there's a clear answer then, I'll close it; otherwise I may leave it open a little while longer. Here are your options...

"A Fountain of Energy"
Johan practices with his abilities.
70 lines

"Once the Avalanche Has Begun"
A foolish choice in a neighboring town makes life challenging for Shaeth's followers.
70 lines

Poll #34116 Free Epic for the January 6, 2026 Poetry Fishbowl

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"A Fountain of Energy"
3 (25.0%)

"Once the Avalanche Has Begun"
9 (75.0%)

Current Mood: busy

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 Friday night. 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 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.

Here are your options ...

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Current Mood: curious

The November 4, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl has 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 Sunday night. If there's a clear answer then, I'll close it; otherwise I may leave it open a little while longer. Here are your options...

"No Worthless Herbs"
Shaeth and Trobby owe a favor to Abredin the Herb Goddess.
92 lines

"Once the Avalanche Has Begun"
A foolish choice in a neighboring town makes life challenging for Shaeth's followers.
70 lines

Poll #33870 Free Epic for the October 7, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl

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"No Worthless Herbs"
11 (84.6%)

"Once the Avalanche Has Begun"
2 (15.4%)

Current Mood: busy

The October 7, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl has 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 Monday night. If there's a clear answer then, I'll close it; otherwise I may leave it open a little while longer. Here are your options...

"Once the Avalanche Has Begun"
A foolish choice in a neighboring town makes life challenging for Shaeth's followers.
70 lines

"The Well-being of All Our People"
When bandits attack a caravan, Menachem and Yossele defend their fellow travelers.
69 lines

Poll #33718 Free Epic for the October 7, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl

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"Once the Avalanche Has Begun"
6 (42.9%)

"The Well-being of All Our People"
8 (57.1%)

Current Mood: busy

The July 1, 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 Monday 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

"Once the Avalanche Has Begun"
A foolish choice in a neighboring town makes life challenging for Shaeth's followers.
70 lines

Poll #33354 Free Epic for the July 1, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl

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"Meeting in the Middle"
5 (71.4%)

"Once the Avalanche Has Begun"
2 (28.6%)

Current Mood: busy

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 Saturday night. 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 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.

Here are your options ...

Poll #33248 Poetry Fishbowl Themes for Late 2025

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Angels and Demons
5 (26.3%)

Apocalyptic Visions
3 (15.8%)

Books and Learning
11 (57.9%)

Building Mental Linkages
2 (10.5%)

Changing Personality One Habit at a Time
8 (42.1%)

Communication Styles
10 (52.6%)

Dealing with Frustration
7 (36.8%)

Emotional Regulation
9 (47.4%)

Empathy and Understanding
3 (15.8%)

Empowering Language
6 (31.6%)

Ergonomics
1 (5.3%)

Exercise and Stretching
2 (10.5%)

Faeries and Fey
9 (47.4%)

False Economy
4 (21.1%)

Fixing Loneliness or Overwhelm
8 (42.1%)

Fixit
6 (31.6%)

Goddesses and Divas
7 (36.8%)

Immigrants and Refugees
8 (42.1%)

"Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be evil."
8 (42.1%)

Knowledge Webs
3 (15.8%)

Language as Power and Power as a Language
7 (36.8%)

Leadership in Unusual Situations
6 (31.6%)

Managing Change and Disruption
2 (10.5%)

Non-Book Learning and Knowledge
8 (42.1%)

Ordinary Characters in Epic Stories
8 (42.1%)

Overlooked Key Moments
2 (10.5%)

Patterns and Patterning
9 (47.4%)

Personhood
5 (26.3%)

Pirates, Rascals, and Rogues
3 (15.8%)

Putting Traumatic Memories in Context
4 (21.1%)

Recognition and Recollection
3 (15.8%)

Sentient and Self-Aware Machines
9 (47.4%)

Strength in Numbers or Alone
4 (21.1%)

Time Travel Twists
9 (47.4%)

Unexpected Leadership
8 (42.1%)

Unlikely or Unwieldy Weapons
6 (31.6%)

Weaponized Incompetence and Malicious Compliance
11 (57.9%)

Westerns
2 (10.5%)

Work, Leisure, and Hobbies
6 (31.6%)

Current Mood: busy

The general fund currently contains $25. Everyone is eligible to vote in this poll. I will keep it open at least until Saturday night. If there is a clear answer then, I'll close it. Otherwise I may leave it open at least a little longer. Here are your options...

"Babes in the Pineywoods" needs $25 to be complete. You could finish that one.

There are 2 unsold poems from the May 6, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl that could be opened for microfunding:

"Cause a Riot of Color"
[Evening of Wednesday, September 14, 2016]
Shiv welcomes Creamjeans and Bo-Art to Omaha.
263 lines, Buy It Now = $132

"A Lens of Ice"
Johan intervenes in a squabble and meets someone from the Triton Teen Center.
147 lines, Buy It Now = $74

Poll #33128 General Fund Poll

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What do you want to do with the $25?

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Finish "Babes in the Pineywoods"
8 (80.0%)

Open "Cause a Riot of Color" for microfunding
0 (0.0%)

Open "A Lens of Ice" for microfunding
2 (20.0%)

Current Mood: busy

The May 6, 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 Wednesday 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:

"The Delicate Balance of Mentoring"
Story Date: 1661
Summary: Quakers make good mentors.
77 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

Poll #33122 Free Epic for the May 6, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl

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"The Delicate Balance of Mentoring"
4 (44.4%)

"Meeting in the Middle"
2 (22.2%)

"Whoever Tries to Understand"
3 (33.3%)

Current Mood: busy

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

Poll #32809 Free Epic for the March 4, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl

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"Of Greater Value"
4 (50.0%)

"Meeting in the Middle"
2 (25.0%)

"Whoever Tries to Understand"
2 (25.0%)

Current Mood: busy

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 Thursday night. 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 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.

Here are your options ...

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Current Mood: busy

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

Poll #32219 Free Epic for the November 5, 2024 Poetry Fishbowl

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"Meeting in the Middle"
3 (30.0%)

"Never Be Silent"
6 (60.0%)

"Whoever Tries to Understand"
1 (10.0%)

Current Mood: busy

The general fund currently contains $15, earmarked for an open 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 keep it open a little longer.

Here are your options:

"The Simple Act of Caring" belongs to the Big One and needs $29 to be complete. A hot meal makes the Can a lot more welcoming for Bennett and company.

"Babes in the Pineywoods" belongs to the Big One thread of Polychrome Heroics and needs $197 to be complete. When a truck wrecks in rural New Jersey, victims of human trafficking flee into the Pine Barrens.

Poll #32218 General Fund Poll

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Which of these should get the $15?

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"The Simple Act of Caring"
4 (44.4%)

"Babes in the Pineywoods"
5 (55.6%)

Current Mood: busy

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

Poll #32098 Free Epic for the October 1, 2024 Poetry Fishbowl

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"Meeting in the Middle"
2 (33.3%)

"The White Feather"
3 (50.0%)

"Whoever Tries to Understand"
1 (16.7%)

Current Mood: busy

The October 1, 2024 Poetry Fishbowl met its $250 goal, so there will be a bonus fishbowl on Tuesday, October 15. Here are a couple of newer series that you could choose to feature, Daughters of the Apocalypse or Quixotic Ideas. We've already done "anything goes" as a bonus earlier this year, but I'm throwing it in because it's popular. Everyone is eligible to vote in this poll. I'll keep it open at least until Friday night. If there's a clear answer then, I'll close it. Otherwise I may leave it open a little longer.

Poll #32012 Bonus Fishbowl Theme

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Which of these themes do you want featured in the bonus fishbowl?

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anything goes
3 (30.0%)

Daughters of the Apocalypse
3 (30.0%)

Quixotic Ideas
4 (40.0%)

Current Mood: busy

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

Poll #31789 Free Epic for the August 6, 2024 Poetry Fishbowl

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"No Such Thing as a Poor Doctor"
7 (33.3%)

"A Very Lively Ethos"
8 (38.1%)

"With You Wherever You Go"
6 (28.6%)

Current Mood: busy

Thanks to a donation from janetmiles, the general fund contains $50 for open epics. Everyone is eligible to vote in this poll. I will keep it open at least until Wednesday afternoon. If there's a clear answer then, I'll close it. Otherwise I may keep it open a little while longer.

These are your options...

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Current Mood: busy

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.

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Current Mood: curious

summerofthe69 is hosting a poll for its themes. Vote for your favorite types of 69 pr0n!

Current Mood: busy

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

Poll #31063 Free Epic for the April 2, 2024 Poetry Fishbowl

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"The Last Command"
7 (63.6%)

"Meeting in the Middle"
4 (36.4%)

Current Mood: busy

The March 5, 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:

"Always Out There Waiting"
Written in unrhymed couplets. Coyote comes to the Apocalypse and has some fun.
76 lines

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

Poll #30907 Free Epic for the March 5, 2024 Poetry Fishbowl

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"Always Out There Waiting"
14 (82.4%)

"Meeting in the Middle"
3 (17.6%)

Current Mood: busy

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