The Wordsmith's Forge

 Autumn leaves.

This poem is spillover from the March 17, 2014 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from janetmiles  and LJ user Kestrels_nest, along with various people's previous requests for a superhero who could lift depression. It also fills the "disability (temporary)" square in my 11-26-13 card for the origfic_bingo  fest. This poem has been sponsored by janetmiles . It belongs to the series Polychrome Heroics.

See also the poem "Song of Life" by zeeth_kyrah, inspired by this poem.

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How do you make an awesome traditional recipe even awesomer?  Just add entheogen.

This poem came out of conversations with dialecticdreamer and other fans.  It also fills the "starting over" square in my 5-22-14 card for the origfic_bingo  fest.  It has been sponsored by dialecticdreamer.  This poem belongs to the Danso & Family thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.

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This poem was written outside the prompt calls, and sponsored by dialecticdreamer. It also fills the "grief / grieving" square in the Birthday Bingo Fest public card. It belongs to the Danso & Family thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.

Warning: This poem deals with past parental death and teen mourning. You may need kleenex.

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alexconall is hosting a prompt call on "ghosts and goblins, witches and werewolves" and autumn/death holidays.  Leave prompts, get ficlets; boosting the signal or donating will raise your priority in stuff being written.

 alexconall has written the poem "Little Witches" to my prompt.  It's adorable, with just a bit of a dark edge, and wonderful cultural motifs.

This video got to the multicolored pot made from layered glazes, and one of my artisan characters went, "Oh!  I see what he did there!  I want to go try that!"

Yeah, there's gonna be exploding pots for a few weeks over in Waterjewel, and then something stunning will come out of the kiln.  I have up years ago trying to believe that anything was impossible, after the original Insanity Pot made from a whole bunch of different clays in layers like an agate.

This is spillover from the March 17, 2014 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from LJ user Kestrels_nest. It fills the "slavefic" square in my 1-3-13 card in the Trope_bingo fest.  It has been sponsored by dialecticdreamer, who is working on some pretty awesome stuff featuring the Puppetmaster and his Marionettes.  This poem belongs to the series Polychrome Heroics.

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