These are some posts from the later part of last week, in case you missed them:Poem: "Playing with Babydoll" (in four parts)
Update from MeeksRandom Datapoint for PoetryPoetry Fishbowl Report for Tuesday, July 5, 2011Major Update to Serial Poetry PageNew Verses in Microfunded PoemsThe Adaptation of ElvesThoughts on Characters in Wheelchairs (29 comments)
Torn World: Read "One-Tick Literature"Everyone, if you haven't already voted in the
surprise general fund poll, you've still got a little time. I'll close it later this afternoon or evening. You get to decide how to spend $5 on microfunded poetry.
Current donors, the
prompt window for Shahana the Paladin is still open, and will also close later today. This is for the free series poem.
Torn World writing update:
Approved as canon: "Squiggles: Excerpts from Nleimen's Journal," "On the Rocks," (fiction) "Cage of Hope" "Rhubarb Song," (poetry). Back to me for edits: "Cutting Time," "Scars of Stone" "Catch and Release," "Swept Away" (fiction), "Seafoam Fashions" (poetry). Currently in front of the canon board: nothing! Drafted: "Cutting Cords and Clasping Hands," "Like Ash Before the Wind," "Breaking the Ice," "From Dark to Bright," (fiction) and "The Hearsay Cafe," "The Colors of the Rainbow," (poetry). In revision at home: "Water Dance," "The Green Speech," "When the Wind's Teeth Sing," (fiction). Currently writing: "Raining Kittens," "Catch of the Day" (fiction)
Greenhaven: A Pagan Tradition website updates:* Added "
Points of Interest" in the "
About Us" section of the "
Home" tab.
* Added a new entry on the "
Recommended Reading Lists" page, dealing with "Empathy in Fiction."
* Added a new essay in the
"Our Voices" section, titled "
Janet's Wild Ride: First Esbat."
* Added a "Crafts" entry on the "
Activities" topic page, which links to the "
Crafts" section page.
* Updated "
Sitemap"
* Reorganized and revised "
Greenhaven Tradition" and "
Memories of Samhain 2004."
There are four epic poems in microfunding: "
Fiorenza and the Witch-Son" features Fiorenza the Italian herbalist musing about social roles and gender dynamics, at a time when there is NOT a major preternatural crisis going on. "
Enki's Messengers" is essentially a sidebar to the Sumerian myth "The Descent of Inanna," focusing on the
kurgarra and the
galatur created by Enki. "
Igor's Creature" is a mix of horror and science fiction with a large helping of sociology and a wry twist of humor. (These three all have new verses now, and one should get updated again later today.) The epic poem "
A Periodic Table of Elementals" is ahead of production.
Blackberries are ripening; I've picked a few. The wildflower garden is thick with echinacea and coneflower, plus a few smaller flowers. Some of the gray-headed coneflowers that I've moved to the prairie meadow are blooming. I also discovered another echinacea there, presumably a volunteer planted by bird action. I love it when Nature helps with the yardwork.