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2014 Holiday Poetry Sale

The Holiday Poetry Sale is now CLOSED.  Thank you for your support, and Happy Chrismahanakwanzika to you!

A silver lantern glazed with cobalt glass panes sends a flickering blue light over the snow ...

Welcome to the 2014 Holiday Poetry Sale! Today through Sunday, December 21, my remaining fishbowl poems from 2014 are half price. So are poems from the Creative Jam, Muse Fusion, and bingo fests. Especially check out the epics; $16 to $96.75, 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, we're starting with eight poems in the $2.50 to $5 range.  Also you can open an epic for microfunding; there's only one currently open, in Polychrome Heroics: Danso & Family, so any one-shot or other series/storyline 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.

The linkback poem "Hercules and the Lions" 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.

Quarter-price Sale: If you spend $100 or more in this sale, you can cut the SALE price in half, buying poems at quarter-price instead of half-price.  So for instance, a poem originally $20 would be $10 in the half-price sale and $5 in the quarter-price version.  Yes, we can afford that; there is a huge heap of poems here, and the quarter-price option is proving quite popular in the big sales.

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 2014 (plus December 2013). 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.


POEMS BY PRICE

$5 Poems SALE! $2.50
"Entanglement" (Schrodinger's Heroes) -- 3 lines, was $5, now $2.50
"The Quantum Uncertainty of Feline Solidity" -- 10 lines, was $5, now $2.50

$10 Poems SALE! $5.00
"The Dreaming Tree" -- 11 lines, was $10, now $5.00
"Engendered Lives" -- 22 lines, was $10, now $5.00
"The Ghost Library" -- 21 lines, was $10, now $5.00
"In the Swing" -- 18 lines, was $10, now $5.00
"Lines of Math and Verse" -- 23 lines, was $10, now $5.00 SOLD
"Their Deadly Names" -- 11 lines, was $10, now $5.00

$15 Poems SALE! $7.50
"Bones of Light and Fire" (A Conflagration of Dragons) -- 33 lines, was $15, now $7.50
"Dangerous Knowledge" (Monster House) -- 39 lines, was $15, now $7.50 SOLD
"Deceitful Looks" -- 30 lines, was $15, now $7.50 SOLD
"Holy Ground" (Fledgling Grace) -- 36 lines, was $15, now $7.50
"The Kitchen Quest" -- 29 lines, was $15, now $7.50
"The Lair of Tomes" -- 33 lines, was $15, now $7.50 SOLD
"Math by Hand" -- 30 lines, was $15, now $7.50 SOLD
"Mismatchmakers" -- 30 lines, was $15, now $7.50
"Opening the Dragon's Fist" (Kung Fu Robots) -- 28 lines, was $15, now $7.50
"Pussy Cats and Pussy Moths" -- 32 lines, was $15, now $7.50
"Sacred to Medusa" (Glimpses of Minoa) -- 32 lines, was $15, now $7.50
"Snowbloom" (Torn World Muse Fusion) -- 35 lines, was $15, now $7.50
"Unusual Suspects" (Polychrome Heroics: FORK) -- 35 lines, was $15, now $7.50 SOLD
"Why Cougars Hunt Young Men" -- 27 lines, was $15, now $7.50 SOLD
"Women's Inventions" -- 36 lines, was $15, now $7.50 SOLD
"Zero Influence" -- 30 lines, was $15, now $7.50

$20 Poems SALE! $10.00
"The Alpha Blight" -- 46 lines, was $20, now $10.00 SOLD
"Beach Pictures" (Torn World Muse Fusion) -- 42 lines, was $20, now $10.00
"Bedroom Eyes" (Schrodinger's Heroes) -- 48 lines, was $20, now $10.00
"Chance Met" -- 48 lines, was $20, now $10.00 SOLD
"City of Angels" (Fledgling Grace) -- 43 lines, was $20, now $10.00 SOLD
"Dangerous Refuges" (A Conflagration of Dragons) -- 42 lines, was $20, now $10.00
"È Meglio Star Solo" (Fiorenza the Wisewoman) -- 55 lines, was $20, now $10.00
"Flowers of Heaven, Roots of Hell" -- 52 lines, was $20, now $10.00
"Full of Grace" (Fledgling Grace) -- 56 lines, (Fledgling Grace) was $20, now $10.00
"Learning to Breathe the Clear Mountain Air" (Torn World) -- 41 lines, was $20, now $10.00
"Qui Gatta Ci Cova" (Fiorenza the Wisewoman) -- 48 lines, was $20, now $10.00
"The Science of Madness" (Torn World) -- 59 lines, was $20, now $10.00
"Souls Without Form" -- 57 lines, was $20, now $10.00
"Tangleweed" (Torn World) -- 60 lines, was $20, now $10.00
"Thar She Blows" -- 42 lines, was $20, now $10.00
"Two Gals Cooking" (Walking the Beat) -- 41 lines, was $20, now $10.00
"Unasked, Unanswered" (Waterjewel) -- 49 lines, was $20, now $10.00


EPICS (prices next to title)
Sorted by SALE PRICE, then alphabetically if needed.

"Marking Time" (Tripping into the Future) -- 64 lines, was $32, now $16.00
"Winning Hands" (Path of the Paladins) -- 64 lines, was $32, now $16.00
"This Cleansing Spring" (Tripping into the Future) -- 68 lines, was $34, now $17.00
"Believing What You Know Ain't So" (Schrodinger's Heroes) -- 69 lines, was $34.50, now $17.25
"Like the Sun" (Schrodinger's Heroes) -- 71 lines, was $35.50, now $17.75
"The Age of Reasons" -- 75 lines, was $37.50, now $18.75 SOLD
"Dragonforge" -- 82 lines, was $41, now $20.50
"Unfamiliar Feelings" (One God's Story) -- 84 lines, was $42, now $21.00
"Wolf-Wind" (Hart's Farm) -- 86 lines, was $43, now $21.50 SOLD
"Thorns and Claws" (Beneath the Family Tree) -- 90 lines, was $45, now $22.50
"Her Majesty's Bodyguard" -- 93 lines, was $46.50, now $23.25
"The Daughters of Janus" -- 96 lines, was $48, now $24
"FORK in the Road" (Polychrome Heroics: FORK) -- 96 lines, was $48, now $24 SOLD
"Tangled Threads" (Nine for the Nebula's Heart) -- 96 lines, was $48, now $24
"Waste Nothing" (Torn World) -- 96 lines, was $48, now $24
"The Other Way Around" (Schrodinger's Heroes) -- 106 lines, was $53. now $26.50
"Warm Fuzzies" (Schrodinger's Heroes) -- 108 lines, was $54, now $27.00
"The Woods Women" (The Blueshift Troupers) -- 106 lines, was $55, now $27.50 SOLD
"Finding the Lotus Flower" (The Blueshift Troupers) -- 134 lines, was $67, now $33.50
"The Long Splice" (The Blueshift Troupers) -- 136 lines, was $68, now $34.00
"Friends, Family, and Fireworks" (Schrodinger's Heroes) -- 158 lines, was $79, now $39.50
"The Stories We Tell" (Polychrome Heroics: Danso & Family) -- 160 lines, was $80, now $40.00
"Building Doors" (Polychrome Heroics: FORK) -- 162 lines, was $81, now $40.50 SOLD
"A Means to the Knowledge" (Polychrome Heroics: Dr. Infanta) -- 164 lines, was $82, now $41.00
"My Greatest Source of Achievement" (Polychrome Heroics: Danso & Family) -- 168 lines, was $84, now $42.00
"Sequoia's Children" (The Blueshift Troupers) -- 168 lines, was $84, now $42.00
"The First Requisite of a Good Citizen" (Polychrome Heroics: features Junket & Buttons) --186 lines, was $93, now $46.50
"What You Expect Them to Be" (Polychrome Heroics: Antimatter & Stalwart Stan) -- 204 lines, was $102, now $51.00 SOLD
"In Dublin's Fair City" (Polychrome Heroics: features Backdraft) -- 224 lines, was $112, now $61.00 SOLD
"The Door to Nowhere" (P.I.E. x Schrodinger's Heroes) -- 252 lines, was $126, now $63.00
"To See Your Soul" (Frankenstein's Family) -- 258 lines, was $129, now $64.50
"Whose Conscience Approves" (Polychrome Heroics: historic) -- 280 lines, was $140, now $70.00 SOLD
"A Canvas for Reinvention" (Polychrome Heroics: Damask) -- 282 lines, was $141, now $70.50 SOLD
"Clipped" (Polychrome Heroics: Danso & Family) -- 387 lines, was $193.50, now $96.75 SOLD
(Posting this poem makes "Stretched" available to post after its own sponsorship, and also unlocks the story "Marshmallow Hearts" by Dialecticdreamer.)


Have Prerequisites (prices next to title)
If you want to see these, check out what needs to be posted first!

"Sankofa" (Kande's Quest) -- 95 lines, was $47.50, now $23.75
(Available for posting after an interim poem has been written.)

"Settled" (Polychrome Heroics: Danso & Family) -- 320 lines, was $160, now $80.00
(Available for publication after "Stretched" has been sponsored and posted.)

"Stretched" (Polychrome Heroics: Danso & Family) -- 232 lines, was $116, now $58.00

* * *
POEMS BY MONTH
These just have the original prices.

DECEMBER 2013

Fishbowl
"Sacred to Medusa" -- 32 lines, $15 (Glimpses of Minoa)
"City of Angels" -- 43 lines, $20 (Fledgling Grace) SOLD
"Full of Grace" -- 56 lines, $20 (Fledgling Grace)


JANUARY 2014

Fishbowl
"Thar She Blows" -- 42 lines, was $20
"The Daughters of Janus" -- 96 lines, $48

Creative Jam
"Her Majesty's Bodyguard" -- 93 lines, $46.50

Torn World Muse Fusion
"Snowbloom" -- 35 lines, $15
"Beach Pictures" -- 42 lines, $20
"Tangleweed" -- 60 lines, $20


FEBRUARY

Fishbowl
"Mismatchmakers" -- 30 lines, $15
"Unfamiliar Feelings" -- 84 lines, $42 (One God's Story)

Creative Jam
"Unasked, Unanswered" -- 49 lines, $20 (Waterjewel)


MARCH

Fishbowl
"Their Deadly Names" -- 11 lines, $10
"Bones of Light and Fire" -- 33 lines, $15 (A Conflagration of Dragons)
"The Lair of Tomes" -- 33 lines, $15 SOLD
"Opening the Dragon's Fist" -- 28 lines, $15 (Kung Fu Robots)
"Dragonforge" -- 82 lines, $41

Creative Jam
"This Cleansing Spring" (Tripping into the Future) -- 68 lines, $34
"Finding the Lotus Flower" (The Blueshift Troupers) -- 134 lines, $67


APRIL

Fishbowl
"Engendered Lives" -- 22 lines, $10
"Chance Met" -- 48 lines, $20 SOLD
"Learning to Breathe the Clear Mountain Air" -- 41 lines, $20 (Torn World)
"Souls Without Form" -- 57 lines, $20


MAY

Fishbowl
"Lines of Math and Verse" -- 23 lines, $10 SOLD
"Dangerous Knowledge" -- 39 lines, $15 (Monster House) SOLD
"Math by Hand" -- 30 lines, $15 SOLD
"Women's Inventions" -- 36 lines, $15 SOLD
"Zero Influence" -- 30 lines, $15

Creative Jam
"The Kitchen Quest" -- 29 lines, $15
"Sankofa" -- 95 lines, $47.50 (Kande's Quest) (Available for posting after an interim poem has been written.)
"Tangled Threads" -- 96 lines, $48 (Nine for the Nebula's Heart)


JUNE

Fishbowl
"Sequoia's Children" -- 168 lines, $84 (The Blueshift Troupers)

Creative Jam
"The Dreaming Tree" -- 11 lines, $10
"The Ghost Library" -- 21 lines, $10
"Holy Ground" -- 36 lines, $15 (Fledgling Grace)
"Dangerous Refuges" -- 42 lines, $20 (A Conflagration of Dragons)
"Two Gals Cooking" -- 41 lines, $20 (Walking the Beat)


JULY

Fishbowl
"Entanglement" -- 3 lines, $5 (Schrodinger's Heroes)
"The Quantum Uncertainty of Feline Solidity" -- 10 lines, $5
"Deceitful Looks" -- 30 lines, $15 SOLD
"Pussy Cats and Pussy Moths" -- 32 lines, $15
"Why Cougars Hunt Young Men" -- 27 lines, $15 SOLD
"Bedroom Eyes" -- 48 lines, $20 (Schrodinger's Heroes)
"Qui Gatta Ci Cova" -- 48 lines, $20 (Fiorenza the Wisewoman)
"Waste Nothing" -- 96 lines, $48 (Torn World)


AUGUST

Fishbowl
"È Meglio Star Solo" -- 55 lines, $20 (Fiorenza the Wisewoman)
"Like the Sun" -- 71 lines, $35.50 (Schrodinger's Heroes)
"Friends, Family, and Fireworks" -- 158 lines, $79 (Schrodinger's Heroes)

Creative Jam
"The Other Way Around" -- 106 lines, $53 (Schrodinger's Heroes)


SEPTEMBER

Fishbowl
"Flowers of Heaven, Roots of Hell" -- 52 lines, $20
"Warm Fuzzies" -- 108 lines, $54 (Schrodinger's Heroes)
"The Woods Women" -- 106 lines, $55 (The Blueshift Troupers) SOLD
"The Door to Nowhere" -- 252 lines, $126 (P.I.E. x Schrodinger's Heroes)


OCTOBER

Fishbowl
"The Alpha Blight" -- 46 lines, $20 SOLD
"The Science of Madness" -- 59 lines, $20 (Torn World)
"The Age of Reasons" -- 75 lines, $37.50 SOLD

Creative Jam
"Believing What You Know Ain't So" -- 69 lines, $34.50 (Schrodinger's Heroes)


NOVEMBER

Fishbowl
"Winning Hands" -- 64 lines, $32 (Path of the Paladins)
"Thorns and Claws" -- 90 lines, $45 (Beneath the Family Tree)
"Building Doors" -- 162 lines, $81 (Polychrome Heroics) SOLD
"A Means to the Knowledge" -- 164 lines, $82 (Polychrome Heroics)
"The First Requisite of a Good Citizen" -- 186 lines, $93 (Polychrome Heroics)
"What You Expect Them to Be" -- 204 lines, $102 (Polychrome Heroics) SOLD
"A Canvas for Reinvention" -- 282 lines, $141 (Polychrome Heroics) SOLD

Creative Jam
"My Greatest Source of Achievement" -- 168 lines, $84 (Polychrome Heroics)
"In Dublin's Fair City" -- 224 lines, $112 (Polychrome Heroics) SOLD
"Stretched" -- 232 lines, $116 (Polychrome Heroics)
"Settled" -- 320 lines, $160 (Polychrome Heroics) (Available for publication after "Stretched" has been sponsored and posted.)
"Clipped" -- 387 lines, $193.50 (Polychrome Heroics) SOLD


BINGO CARDS

"In the Swing" -- 18 lines, $10
"Unusual Suspects" -- 35 lines, $15 (Polychrome Heroics) SOLD
"Marking Time" -- 64 lines, $32 (Tripping into the Future)
"Wolf-Wind" -- 86 lines, $43 (Hart's Farm) SOLD
"FORK in the Road" -- 96 lines, $48 (Polychrome Heroics) SOLD
"The Long Splice" -- 136 lines, $68 (The Blueshift Troupers)
"The Stories We Tell" -- 160 lines, $80 (Polychrome Heroics)
"To See Your Soul" -- 258 lines, $129 (Frankenstein's Family) SOLD
"Whose Conscience Approves" -- 280 lines, $140 (Polychrome Heroics) SOLD
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starcat_jewel

starcat_jewel

December 16 2014, 06:08:41 UTC 6 years ago

Heh. This took some calculation! Taking advantage of the quarter-price sale to sponsor the following:

"What You Expect Them to Be" (Polychrome Heroics: Antimatter & Stalwart Stan) -- 204 lines, was $102, now $51.00
"In Dublin's Fair City" (Polychrome Heroics: features Backdraft) -- 224 lines, was $112, now $61.00
"FORK in the Road" (Polychrome Heroics: FORK) -- 96 lines, was $48, now $24
"Building Doors" (Polychrome Heroics: FORK) -- 162 lines, was $81, now $40.50
"Unusual Suspects" (Polychrome Heroics: FORK) -- 35 lines, was $15, now $7.50
"Why Cougars Hunt Young Men" -- 27 lines, was $15, now $7.50
"Women's Inventions" -- 36 lines, was $15, now $7.50

And that should leave $.50 to go into the general fund. You'll be getting the donation from my stardreamer address.
ysabetwordsmith

Thank you!

ysabetwordsmith

December 16 2014, 07:07:17 UTC 6 years ago

*happydance* That certainly starts the sale off with a bang! I will mark these as sold, and begin posting them.