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This poem came out of the September 2, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from janetmiles and Dreamwidth user Siliconshaman. It also fills the "lookout" square in my 9-1-25 card for the Piracy Bingo Fest. This poem has been sponsored by DW user Fuzzyred. It belongs to An Army of One series. It follows "The Thistledown Drive," "Triangulate, Observe, Record, Tabulate, Communicate," and "Light and Shadow, Soil and Water" so read those first or this won't make any sense.


"Simple and to ...

This poem came out of the September 3, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired and sponsored by Dreamwidth user Fuzzyred. It also fills the "parrot" square in my 9-1-25 card for the Piracy Bingo Fest. This poem belongs to the Dr. Infanta thread of the Polychrome Heroics series. It happens after "The Outside of a Horse" and "Inside of Him a Piece of Good News," so it will make more sense if you read those first.


"For Those Who Work at It"

[Monday, August 11, 2014]

Speech therapy was a big success.

So f...

This is today's freebie, inspired by a prompt from Dreamwidth user Dialecticdreamer. It also fills the "request" square in my 9-1-25 card for the Piracy Bingo Fest. It belongs to the series Polychrome Heroics.


"The Only Thing That You Absolutely Have to Know"

[Monday, February 6, 2017]

Ankara, Turkey was a beautiful city with
a startling mix of modern skyscrapers
and old, sand-colored buildings.

Some were squat little blocks,
others thin soaring towers.

It was fascinating to see.

It was also incredibly c...

Starting now, the Poetry Fishbowl is open! Today's theme is "Communication Styles." I will be checking this page periodically throughout the day. When people make suggestions, I'll pick some and weave them together into a poem ... and then another ... and so on. I'm hoping to get a lot of ideas and a lot of poems.

I'll be soliciting ideas for journalists, writers, radio hosts, counselors, linguists, leaders, public speakers, explorers, traders, diplomats, negotiators and mediators, partners, hou...

These are some posts from the later part of last week in case you missed them:
Bingo
Cyberspace Theory
Birdfeeding
New Year's Resolutions Check In
Today's Adventures
Communities
Birdfeeding
Wildlife
Philosophical Questions: Money
Poetry Fishbowl Report for August 5, 2025
Today's Cooking
Unsold Poems for the August 5, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl
Indigenous People
"Helium Miner's Song" by Catamariner
Climate Change
Worldbuilding
Venn Diagram
Birdfeeding
Writing
Follow Friday 8-29-25: Active Communities on Dreamwidth Summer ...

Our theme this month was "Books and Learning." I wrote from 1 PM to 4 AM, so about 13 hours, accounting for breaks. I wrote 2 poems on Tuesday and another 5 later in the week.

Participation was about the same, with 7 comments on LiveJournal and another 23 on Dreamwidth. A total of 9 people sent prompts.


Read Some Poetry!
The following poems from the August 5, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl have been posted:
"He Who Whispers"
"An Inkling of Things to Come"
"To Allow in More Light"


Buy some poetry!
If you plan to s...

The following poems from the August 5, 2025 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 "Delight in Another," "A Sense of Weather Changes," "Ouroboros Insects," "The Loving Embrace of Night," "Generations of Cooks Past," "Homefree and Clear, " "One Bite at a Time," "Stars and Diamonds," "Mishpoch...

This session's theme was "anything goes." I wrote from 1 PM to 4 AM, so about 11 hours, allowing for lunch and supper breaks. I wrote 3 poems on Tuesday and another 7 later in the week.

Participation was lower, with 7 comments on LiveJournal and another 23 on Dreamwidth. A total of 10 people sent prompts.

Read Some Poetry!
The following poems from the July 15, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl have been posted:
"Beautiful, Damn Hard, Increasingly Useful"
"Fed from So Many Sources"
"The Future by Consequence, the P...

The following poems from the July 15, 2025 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 "Delight in Another," "A Sense of Weather Changes," "Ouroboros Insects," "The Loving Embrace of Night," "Generations of Cooks Past," "Homefree and Clear, " "One Bite at a Time," "Stars and Diamonds," "Mishpocha...

Here are the location and content notes for "An Inkling of Things to Come."


Arts and Sciences Hall and the Worldbuilding classroom were introduced in the location notes for "A Light from the Shadows Shall Spring."


Previous worldbuilding:

"Build with the Mind"
(writers)
(artists)
(miscellaneous students and professor)
(worldbuilding class instructions)
(worldbuilding links)

"The Greatest and Most Moving Chapter in American History"
(writers)
(artists)
(misc and professor)

Fall 2016 Academic Calendar
DATE EVENT...