Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Poetry Roundup

Poems from the November 3 fishbowl have continued to appear here throughout the week. After a slow start during the fishbowl itself, donations have also continued to trickle in. So I wanted to gather everything here in case people missed some.

Donors for this month: minor_architect, haikujaguar, ellenmillion, janetmiles, moosl, browngirl, and corivax

Poems from the fishbowl:
"All the Important Things"
"A Ballad for Tommy Douglas"
"Blood in the Dust"
"Bringing Down the Berlin Wall"
"Build a Better Basket"
"On the Unmaking of Enemies"
"Only Begotten Daughter"
"Which Is Stronger"
Tags: civic poetry, cyberfunded creativity, fishbowl, poetry
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  • 8 comments
haikujaguar

haikujaguar

November 10 2008, 20:58:14 UTC 12 years ago

Are you still offering the scrapbooked poem-for-money service?
ysabetwordsmith

Yes!

ysabetwordsmith

November 10 2008, 21:09:51 UTC 12 years ago

What caught your eye for scrapbooking?
haikujaguar

Re: Yes!

haikujaguar

November 10 2008, 21:11:23 UTC 12 years ago

On the Unmaking of Enemies. :)
ysabetwordsmith

Re: Yes!

ysabetwordsmith

November 10 2008, 21:22:36 UTC 12 years ago

Do you want it scrapped plain or fancy? At the plain ($5) end I could print this on a subtly patterned piece of paper, or one with a frame, or cut some border strips for the sides or top. At the fancy ($10) end ... you know where it says "Do not keep them / And count them over like beads." in the second verse? I thought it would be cool to punch out colored circles, string them on thread like beads, glue them down on the page -- and have the end of the thread spilling loose "beads" down the paper. That would go on a plain background; I've got some nice cream linen paper. Let me know what you have in mind.

Then I'd have to figure out postage; it's usually $1-2 for something that size.
haikujaguar

Re: Yes!

haikujaguar

November 10 2008, 21:24:44 UTC 12 years ago

Mmm, choices, choices. Let me think about how I want to display it and then send you a separate order back-channel.

I need to sell some bookmarks first too. Food is gouging big chunks out of my budget lately. :)
ysabetwordsmith

Re: Yes!

ysabetwordsmith

November 10 2008, 21:28:40 UTC 12 years ago

>> Let me think about how I want to display it and then send you a separate order back-channel. <<

Sure, no problem.

If you're planning to frame the page, it'll probably look better if it doesn't have a frame or borders on the paper -- those are mainly intended to create a frame effect inside a scrapbook. *ponder* Though they might work with one of the those acrylic "frameless" frame thingies.

Bookmarks ... hmm ... I'll bet I could fit haiku or darrow shorts onto a bookmark. I couldn't afford tassels right now, but I could do plain paper bookmarks in sets. I can get four or five on a page.
wyld_dandelyon

wyld_dandelyon

November 10 2008, 23:57:47 UTC 12 years ago

Wow, what a lot of paid-for poems!!!

I keep wishing for a windfall so I could sponsor the first poem you wrote from one of my prompts, which, so far, I only get to treasure in private. I still think it's breathtaking.
ysabetwordsmith

Thank you!

ysabetwordsmith

November 15 2008, 02:58:06 UTC 12 years ago

I'm glad you liked it so much. Thanks for thinking of me.