Poetry Fishbowl Open!

I combined your prompt about a door that opens anywhere with a whole bunch of prompts from janetmiles. The result is "The Door of Keys," which describes a mystical door opened by the key to your heart.

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Your prompt about the Nile led to the free-verse poem "The Captain of the Caratract." It details some of the history of travel, and how old family traditions can resurface in new forms later on.

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I combined "the passage of the dead" with prompts by wyld_dandelyon, siliconshaman, and aldersprig. The result is the free-verse poem "Puerta de los Muertos." It describes one kind of door used for travel between this world and the next, according to Voodoo tradition.

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To "the door as a boundary" I added other prompts from janetmiles, ladyqkat, and aldersprig. The result is the free-verse poem "To Build a Door," which is all about what a door defines and creates when you make one.

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Brain tired. *goflopnow*

All of those poems have now been posted. "RUT?" is fully funded and visible in whole on its original page; I've posted a note to this effect as well.

>> Which poems are available? <<

All of them.

>> Can any poem posted in your LJ be commissioned for a scrapbook page, or would I be limited to poems that I sponsored? <<

Any poem in my LJ is fair game for scrapbooking. So is any other poem I've written, if you know what it is. On at least one occasion, someone bought a scrapbooked version of a poem they'd seen backchannel, but didn't get sponsored. If you can't find a topic that you want, ask me and I'll check my archives; there are thousands of poems in there. I can also write custom poetry from scratch, which works similar to how I handle prompts, just with a little more shopper direction.

>> And how long do commissions normally take to complete and deliver? <<

That depends on the piece(s). A single page that I print directly on the page and embellish with simple stuff I already have -- I can do that in less than hour, and have it ready to mail the next time we go into town (usually we make 2 trips a week). More pages, or layers of paper cut and fastened together, would take more time but still really just an evening's work. I've done two and three page spreads before. The main delay is if you happen to ask for something that requires materials I don't already have in my craft supplies; I often use stickers, punches, die cuts, papers, etc. that match the theme of the poem which means that sometimes I need to visit a scrapbooking store to hunt for what I need. That can run up a few days or more just to get the goods.

Shipping depends on how fast you want it to arrive; I usually send scrapped poems First Class, which arrives after several business days. Rush orders would cost more.

Ideally, allow plenty of lead time. If you want something for Christmas, now would be a good time to start thinking about it. For birthdays or other special occasions, it's probably prudent to allow at least a couple of weeks. I can work pretty fast -- but I don't have high confidence in the Post Orifice.

>> Seems like a great gift idea. <<

It can be, yes. Anyone who likes scrapbooking or papercrafted wall art will probably get a kick out of it. Some of the fancy things I've done have gotten really elaborate -- I used metal filigree once, and I've done up to 5 layers of paper -- although even the basic ones can be quite eye-catching. There are several people who have ongoing collections of my scrapbooked poetry that I add to periodically. I've also had a handful of patrons buy scrapbooked poems as gifts for people they know, and it seems to work.

I hope this helps. Let me know if you're interested.