The Wordsmith's Forge

This I believe.

Go and do likewise.

I really have no tolerance for jerks who try to crush other people's dreams.

This is an advance announcement for the Tuesday, November 4, 2013 Poetry Fishbowl. This time the theme will be "winning without defeating anyone." I'll be soliciting ideas for friends, family, best enemies, friendly opponents, good sportsmen and gamesters, fighting fair, playing by the rules, turning enemies into allies/friends/lovers, agreeing to fight for a common cause, thinking outside the box, conflicts, old arguments, rules of engagement, cooperation, teamwork skills, playgrounds, sporting fields, battlegrounds, board rooms, cooperative games, different goals, game boards and pieces, and poetic forms in particular.

I have a linkback poem, "Underfoot" (17 verses, Hart's Farm).  DW user Dialecticdreamer will be hosting this.

If you're interested, mark the date on your calendar, and please hold actual prompts until the "Poetry Fishbowl Open" post next week.  (If you're not available that day, or you live in a time zone that makes it hard to reach me, you can leave advance prompts.)  Meanwhile, if you want to help with promotion, please feel free to link back here or repost this on your blog. 

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This poem is spillover from the March 17, 2014 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from chanter_greenie  and rix_scaedu. It also fills the "vulnerability" square in my 3-6-14 card for the origfic_bingo fest.  This poem has been sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette and an anonymous donor.  It belongs to the Polychrome Heroics series and features Savoir Faire and the Rescuer.

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