The Wordsmith's Forge

 Rhode Island Red, and wolverine.

 ... now brought to you by flooding, in addition to drought.  Have fun trying to convince the environmental refugees that climate change does not exist.

Thanks to a donation from idhren24 there is a new verse visible in "Fiorenza and the Witch-Son." This poem takes a look at social roles and gender dynamics, following Fiorenza the Italian herbalist at a time when there is NOT a major preternatural crisis going on.

This is the generally sponsored poll for the June 2011 Poetry Fishbowl.  You have $20 to spend.  There are two $10 poems left: "Royal Affairs" and "Welcome to the Desert."  There are five $15 poems left: "Dancing on Fences," "Ladysmith," "Otherlove," "Skinfriends," and "what the Xperts did not know."  There are three $20 poems left: "Applied Physicists, and Friends," "This Mellifluous Gender," and "The Twin Peoples in Love."  There are two open epics: "Igor's Creature" and "Fiorenza and the Witch-Son."  Also eligible as an epic is "Enki's Messengers" since haikujaguar has offered to illustrate it with a sketch if someone(s) sponsors it.

First, decide what category you want to put the money in.  For the $10 poems, that won't require any further detail.  If the $15 category wins, you'll have to pick one of the those poems plus an epic to catch the remaining $5.  If the $20 category wins, you'll have to pick a specific poem.  If the epic category wins, you'll have to specify how to subdivide the funds.  Questions are laid out below for voting.

Everyone is welcome to vote.  I'll check this poll on Saturday evening.  If there's a clear winner, I'll post the poem(s) then.  If not, I may let it run a bit longer.

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You can now read the vocabulary for sea monsters M-P over in torn_world.