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First prompt of the day, and the result is "Earthblood," a free verse poem celebrating the sacred mountain. 22 lines: Buy It Now $10

dingoes posted elsewhere:

poetic form: Sonnet (I think they're called that in english too)
Sacred
Site: the blot-place (ritual viking place) of a infamous viking.

I'd like to see it if you write it :)

The resulting sonnet is "The Danegeld's Maker," about the adventures of Skagul Toste. 14 lines: Buy It Now $10

Thanks to estaratshirai, janetmiles, lizamanynames, and geek_dragon for the prompts.

Divine Diplomacy


When the Old World gods
followed their followers to the New World,

the locals were not best pleased.
“Do something!” the goddesses said to their husbands.

So the gods painted themselves up
and went to negotiate with the newcomers.

“Why are you here?” said the American gods,
“and why should we let you in?”

“You have to let me in!” said Lugh.
“I can do everything.”

Buddha rubbed his golden belly.
“Let me in and I’ll make you fat and happy.”

Jesus wrung his pierced hands and said,
“I don’t know, I just came to save the world.”

“Well, I suppose we could consider it,”
the American gods began.

Then Pan bawled, “Hellooooo, ladies!”
dove off the boat and ran after the maidens.

“Hey! Those are my maidens!”
yelled Coyote, throwing magical turds at Pan.

“Food fight!” yelled Loki,
pushing a pie in Thor’s face.

It all went downhill from there, but on the way home
the American gods thought of a few new ideas.

“So how did it go?”
the goddesses clamored.

“Well,” said Tezcatlipoca,
“at least their hearts are in the right place.”

In another community, talithakalago posted:

Sestinas are my favorite poetry format. So that is going to be my
first suggestion of the day.

And to get the ball rolling, my second is going to be Janus and Vesta.

Well, they fared a *little* better this time. I combined Janus and Vesta with a previous request for haiku from lizamanynames, and Lugh from geek_dragon. The result is a set of 8 haiku about:

Buddha and the camera
Buddha in a Zen garden
Lugh in a Zen garden (see below)
Janus in a Zen garden
Vesta and Kuan Yin
Loki and kabuki
Pah, Buddha, and Selu
a snow-filled keyhole as metaphor for the mind

Any one haiku: 3 lines, Buy It Now $5
Whole page: 24 lines, Buy It Now $10

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in the Zen garden
there is nothing to be done
Lugh mumbles, “I’m lost.”

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writerwench posted this prompt:

I've got a really obscure topic for you - Tane the earth-god, who
separated his mother Papatuanuku the earth from Ranginui, the sky-god,
his father, and so created our world...
http://history-nz.org/maori9.html#creation

The legends of the Maori are many, various, and beautiful.

From it, I wrote a free verse poem, "Out of the Darkness," that uses this Maori myth to demonstrate the importance of letting go. 49 lines: Buy It Now $20

pearls_and_blow wanted a Beltane poem, which I combined with ideealisme's prompt on the "mock sonnet" form developed by George Meredith. "Bringing Beltane" is a mock sonnet about the activities of the fire festival. 16 lines: Buy It Now $10