A silver lantern glazed with cobalt glass panes sends a flickering blue light over the snow ...
Welcome to the 2013 Holiday Poetry Sale! Today through Sunday, December 22, my remaining fishbowl poems from 2013 are half price. This year I've included poems from the Creative Jam, Muse Fusion, and bingo fests since some of the fishbowl sessions already sold out. Especially check out the epics; $8.13 to $133, so if you've been yearning for an epic of your very own, now's the time! For those of you with just a few dollars to spend, there are plenty of poems in the $2.50 to $5 range. Also you can open an epic for microfunding; there's only one currently open, in Path of the Paladins, so any one-shot or other series is eligible. Epics keep the price they're opened at, even if they don't finish during the sale. Thumbnail descriptions of the individual poems mostly appear on their respective unsold poetry pages, as linked, and I've added brief summaries of the poems that don't have those because they were written outside of prompt calls.
The linkback poem "No One to Greet the Season" is still open, so if you participate in the Holiday Poetry Sale, you can reveal a verse of that; just remember to tell me what you did. Linking to this post from any venue counts. So does sponsoring a poem.
If you want to buy a poem as a gift for someone, let me know; I can dedicate it to anyone you wish, with or without naming you as the giver. Both the giver and the recipient count as donors for the purpose of reading the perk-posts, and both get nonexclusive reprint rights. That means if you buy a poem for someone else, you can post it on your blog or website for them, or they can post it on theirs, in addition to it appearing here. Here is a PayPal button for your convenience, or you may contact me for other payment options. (I'm just offering prewritten poetry this time, not scrapbook pages this late in the season.) Please specify which poem(s) you want and the SALE price.
The following poems are left over from projects throughout 2013 (plus December 2012). If you don't see a poem that you remember fondly, it may have been submitted to another market, but you can ask me to double-check. The same applies to poems from previous years; just ask if you want one.
FISHBOWL POEMS
November 5, 2013 Poetry Fishbowl (family gatherings)
"Printing Errors" -- 108 lines,
"Sucked In" -- 163 lines,
"Gathering Family" -- 226 lines,
"Sins of the Mother" -- 266 lines,
October 1, 2013 Poetry Fishbowl (tricksters)
"Turning the Brush" -- 22 lines,
"What Cityfolk Don't Know" -- 12 lines,
"Law and Disorder" -- 40 lines,
"Maneki Neko and Her Suitors" -- 74 lines,
"Mouse and Chatter Help the Bees" -- 95 lines,
September 3, 2013 Poetry Fishbowl (conflict resolution)
"The Lost Souls" -- 142 lines,
"Making Waves" -- 168 lines,
"Needled" -- 194 lines,
"The Needs of the Many, the Flesh of the One" -- 196 lines,
"Their Blood Is Upon Them" -- 270 lines,
August 20, 2013 Poetry Fishbowl (One God's Story of Mid-Life Crisis)
SOLD OUT
August 6, 2013 Poetry Fishbowl (nomads)
"The Space Traders" -- 41 lines,
July 2, 2013 Poetry Fishbowl (unlikely heroes & implausible villains)
"The Lotus Warriors" -- 114 lines,
June 4, 2013 Poetry Fishbowl (sleep & dreams)
SOLD OUT
May 7, 2013 Poetry Fishbowl (homonyms, puns, & wordplay)
"The 12 Days of Fantasia" -- 17 lines,
April 16, 2013 Poetry Fishbowl (Path of the Paladins)
SOLD OUT
April 2, 2013 Poetry Fishbowl (fantasy in other eras)
SOLD OUT
March 5, 2013 Poetry Fishbowl (houses & homes)
SOLD OUT
February 5, 2013 Poetry Fishbowl (mature & old adults)
"The Last Rose of Winter" -- 160 lines,
January 22, 2013 Poetry Fishbowl (Fiorenza the Wisewoman)
"Her Crystalline Voice" -- 113 lines,
January 8, 2013 Poetry Fishbowl (military science fiction)
"Oxidizing Agents, Reducing Agents" -- 75 lines,
"Disembattled" -- 78 lines,
"One Acquainted with the Night" -- 83 lines,
"Conduct Unbecoming an Officer" -- 186 lines,
"The Sweet Sound of Signaling Loreleis" -- 186 lines,
"The Integrity Engagement" -- 267 lines,
December 4, 2012 Poetry Fishbowl (games & toys)
"Quinn's Nursery" -- 76 lines,
"Playing the Field" -- 70 lines,
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CREATIVE JAM POEMS
November 16-17, 2013 Crowdfunding Creative Jam (seasonal changes)
"A Joy Forever" -- 286 lines,
October 19-20, 2013 Crowdfunding Creative Jam (AI & noncorporeal entities)
SOLD OUT
September 14-15, 2013 Crowdfunding Creative Jam (emotions)
"Disdain" -- 10 lines,
"Earthman" -- 10 lines,
"Grounded" -- 10 lines,
"Passing Fancy" -- 10 lines,
"Seeing Red" -- 10 lines,
"(un)enlightened" -- 6 lines,
"Ambivalence" -- 24 lines,
"Arrogance" -- 21 lines,
"Dejection" -- 20 lines,
"Fingerwings" -- 22 lines,
"Greener with Envy" -- 19 lines,
"In Want Of" -- 23 lines,
"The Lamentation of the Women" -- 21 lines,
"Melancholia" -- 14 lines,
"Rooted in Place" -- 20 lines,
"The Speakers" -- 21 lines,
"Tongue Twisted" -- 20 lines,
"The Circumannular Nature of Faces" -- 39 lines,
"Perpetration" -- 34 lines,
"Self-Bullying" -- 27 lines,
"The Sum of Her Parts" -- 35 lines,
"Gezelligheid" -- 63 lines,
"Woman's Best Friend" -- 63 lines,
"Psychological Corsetry and Other Commissions of Sin" -- 100 lines,
"The Freedom Machine" -- 175 lines,
"A Haven in a Heartless World" -- 191 lines,
August 17-18, 2013 Crowdfunding Creative Jam (technology)
SOLD OUT
July 20-21, 2013 Crowdfunding Creative Jam (families of choice)
"Unsettling" -- 45 lines,
June 15-16, 2013 Crowdfunding Creative Jam (space travel)
"Ahead Warp Factor One" -- 41 lines,
May 18-19, 2013 Crowdfunding Creative Jam (magic)
"Liminal Gifts" -- 31 lines,
"The Field of Phantasmagoria" -- 16 lines,
"Mask of the White Demon" -- 97 lines,
April 20-21, 2013 Crowdfunding Creative Jam (conflict)
SOLD OUT
March 16-17, 2013 Crowdfunding Creative Jam (memory)
SOLD OUT
February 16-17, 2013 Crowdfunding Creative Jam (twisted tropes)
SOLD OUT
January 19-20, 2013 Crowdfunding Creative Jam (nonviolence)
"A Choice of Three" -- 57 lines,
"Listening to the Lifebeat" -- 30 lines,
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MUSE FUSION POEMS
August 30-September 2, 2013 Torn World Muse Fusion
"Sweet Nothings" -- 44 lines,
"Packet Permission" -- 82 lines,
July 2013 Torn World Muse Fusion
"The Button Box" -- 22 lines,
"Hand-Me-Downs" -- 27 lines,
"Summer Wine" -- 26 lines,
"The Slow Hunt" -- 44 lines,
May 17-19, 2013 Torn World Muse Fusion
"A Clever Jab" -- 12 lines,
"Something Bigger and Hungrier" -- 21 lines,
"Seashore Superstitions" -- 20 lines,
April 26-28, 2013 Torn World Muse Fusion
"Swift Travelers" -- 14 lines,
March 23-25, 2013 Torn World Muse Fusion
"Spruce Deer" -- 65 lines,
"Avorel's Adventure" -- 90 lines,
February 22-24, 2013 Torn World Muse Fusion
"The World According to Rai" -- 36 lines,
January 11-13 Torn World Muse Fusion
"Working for It" -- 76 lines,
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BINGO FEST POEMS
Origfic Bingo Card 11-26-13
"A Question of Class" -- 155 lines,
Damask picks out classes for next semester.
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Origfic Bingo Card 10-6-13
"For Your Own Protection" -- 55 lines,
A robot applies the Three Laws in an unexpected way.
"The Hardest Part" -- 124 lines,
Damask learns one of the downsides to being a hero.
"Until It's Done" -- 213 lines,
Damask begins to learn about their new superpowers.
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Origfic Bingo Card 8-13-13
"The Hall of Mirrors" -- 106 lines,
Damask creates a superhero lair.
"Time to Be Home" -- 150 lines,
Dale and Kelly celebrate Christmas.
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Hurt/Comfort Bingo Card 8-12-13
"One Man at a Time" -- 132 lines,
Damask helps Dace, and thinks about saving people.
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Wordsmith Bingo 8-29-13
"Favorite Flavors" -- 251 lines,
Damask goes out for ice cream, revealing more than they realize.
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OTHER POEMS
"Traumatic Inertia" -- 7 lines,
Damask has a hard day after recent challenges.
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POEMS BY PRICE
$2.50 Poems
"The Button Box" -- 22 lines,
"A Clever Jab" -- 12 lines,
"Disdain" -- 10 lines,
"Earthman" -- 10 lines,
"Grounded" -- 10 lines,
"Passing Fancy" -- 10 lines,
"Seashore Superstitions" -- 20 lines,
"Seeing Red" -- 10 lines,
"Something Bigger and Hungrier" -- 21 lines,
"Swift Travelers" -- 14 lines,
"Traumatic Inertia" -- 7 lines,
"(un)enlightened" -- 6 lines,
$3.75 Poems
"Hand-Me-Downs" -- 27 lines,
"Summer Wine" -- 26 lines,
"The World According to Rai" -- 36 lines,
$5 Poems
"The 12 Days of Fantasia" -- 17 lines,
"Ambivalence" -- 24 lines,
"Arrogance" -- 21 lines,
"Dejection" -- 20 lines,
"The Field of Phantasmagoria" -- 16 lines,
"Fingerwings" -- 22 lines,
"Greener with Envy" -- 19 lines,
"In Want Of" -- 23 lines,
"The Lamentation of the Women" -- 21 lines,
"Melancholia" -- 14 lines,
"Rooted in Place" -- 20 lines,
"The Slow Hunt" -- 44 lines,
"The Speakers" -- 21 lines,
"Sweet Nothings" -- 44 lines,
"Tongue Twisted" -- 20 lines,
"Turning the Brush" -- 22 lines,
"What Cityfolk Don't Know" -- 12 lines,
$7.50 Poems
"The Circumannular Nature of Faces" -- 39 lines,
"Law and Disorder" -- 40 lines,
"Liminal Gifts" -- 31 lines,
"Perpetration" -- 34 lines,
"Self-Bullying" -- 27 lines,
"The Sum of Her Parts" -- 35 lines,
$10 Poems
"Ahead Warp Factor One" -- 41 lines,
"For Your Own Protection" -- 55 lines,
"The Space Traders" -- 41 lines,
"Unsettling" -- 45 lines,
Epic Poems
"Spruce Deer" -- 65 lines,
"Working for It" -- 76 lines,
"Packet Permission" -- 82 lines,
"Avorel's Adventure" -- 90 lines,
"Gezelligheid" -- 63 lines,
"Woman's Best Friend" -- 63 lines,
"Playing the Field" -- 70 lines,
"Maneki Neko and Her Suitors" -- 74 lines,
"Oxidizing Agents, Reducing Agents" -- 75 lines,
"Quinn's Nursery" -- 76 lines,
"Disembattled" -- 78 lines,
"One Acquainted with the Night" -- 83 lines,
"Mouse and Chatter Help the Bees" -- 95 lines,
"Mask of the White Demon" -- 97 lines,
"Psychological Corsetry and Other Commissions of Sin" -- 100 lines,
"The Hall of Mirrors" -- 106 lines,
"Printing Errors" -- 108 lines,
"Her Crystalline Voice" -- 113 lines,
"The Lotus Warriors" -- 114 lines,
"The Hardest Part" -- 124 lines,
"One Man at a Time" -- 132 lines,
"The Lost Souls" -- 142 lines,
"Time to Be Home" -- 150 lines,
"A Question of Class" -- 155 lines,
"The Last Rose of Winter" -- 160 lines,
"Sucked In" -- 163 lines,
"Making Waves" -- 168 lines,
"The Freedom Machine" -- 175 lines,
"Conduct Unbecoming an Officer" -- 186 lines,
"The Sweet Sound of Signaling Loreleis" -- 186 lines,
"A Haven in a Heartless World" -- 191 lines,
"Needled" -- 194 lines,
"The Needs of the Many, the Flesh of the One" -- 196 lines,
"Until It's Done" -- 213 lines,
"Gathering Family" -- 226 lines,
"Favorite Flavors" -- 251 lines,
"The Integrity Engagement" -- 267 lines,
"Their Blood Is Upon Them" -- 270 lines,
"A Joy Forever" -- 286 lines,
"Sins of the Mother" -- 266 lines,