The Wordsmith's Forge

This is the linkback poem for the July 7, 2015 Poetry Fishbowl. Comment with your fishbowl link(s) to reveal your new verse(s).  All 13 verses have been posted.  Linkers include: thnidu, siege, curiosity, wyld_dandelyon, ng_moonmoth, DW user Lynnoconnacht, and book_worm5.

This poem came out of the June 2015 Creative Jam. It was inspired by a prompt from DW user Capriuni. It belongs to the series Polychrome Heroics.

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This poem is spillover from the June 2, 2015 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from dialecticdreamer, Readera on DW, and Anthony Barrette. It also fills the "family reunion" square in my 12-30-14 card for the Rites of Passage Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette. It belongs to the Antimatter & Stalwart Stan thread of the Polychrome Heroics series. Note that this takes place in early summer so it's jumping ahead a bit compared to the previous poems in that thread.

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This poem is from the June 2, 2015 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from wyld_dandelyon, dialecticdreamer, and Shirley Barrette. It also fills the "flexibility" square in my 5-20-15 card for the Wellness Toolbox Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by janetmiles. It belongs to the Antimatter & Stalwart Stan thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.

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Here is my card for the June Bingo Fest on the theme of Wedding | Honeymoon | Divorce.  Bingo will run from June 1st until June 30th.  This month we will be celebrating all things wedding. When I say all things I mean all things, proposals, wedding, honeymoon and or divorce. (See all my 2015 bingo cards.)

If you'd like to sponsor a particular square, especially if you have an idea for what character, series, or situation it would fit -- talk to me and we'll work something out.  I've had a few requests for this and the results have been awesome so far.  This is a good opportunity for those of you with favorites that don't always mesh well with the themes of my monthly projects. I may still post some of the fills for free, because I'm using this to attract new readers; but if it brings in money, that means I can do more of it. That's part of why I'm crossing some of the bingo prompts with other projects, such as the Poetry Fishbowl.

Underlined prompts have been filled.


June Bingo Wedding | Honeymoon | Divorce

Fear	Worry	Cake Fail	Vows or Promises	Curiosity
Consent is sexy	orientation	Surprise pregnancy	Such a gentleman	Superpowers
Lace	Panic Attack	WILD CARD	rings	Friendzoned
Seclusion	Dramatic proposal	Trust	mutation	Sex on the beach
Do You Feel What I Feel?	I think we should separate for a while	Alexithymia (Obscured Emotions)	Polyamory	experimentation

This poem is spillover from the May 5, 2015 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from Anthony Barrette. It has been sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette.


"A Gentleman in Distress"


Love is

being a sixteen-year-old boy
and saying, "Not tonight, sweetie,
I'm all out of condoms.

I'll buy more tomorrow."

This poem came from the February 3, 2015 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from librarygeek. It also fills the "I'm thankful for you" square in my 1-31-15 card for the Valentine's Day Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette. It belongs to the Polychrome Heroics series.

Warning: This is really a romance, but it includes some serious (consensual) roughhousing in the gym. Consider your tastes and headspace before clicking through.

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This poem is spillover from the January 6, 2015 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from siliconshaman. It also fills the "accidental mating for life" square in my 7-31-14 card for the hc_bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette. It belongs to the Calvin/Calliope thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.

Warning: This poem features some touchy topics. Highlight to read further warnings, some of which are spoilers. There is canon-typical supervillain activity, a superpower mishap resulting in a mental link, nonconsensual drug use, a whole heap of boundary violations and other consent issues, really awkward interactions, a supervillain trying to do at least some of the right things and getting smacked down rather hard, and other angst. There are some hopeful notes, but folks are by no means out of the woods yet. If these are sensitive issues for you, consider your headspace before clicking through.

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This poem is spillover from the January 6, 2015 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from stardreamer. It also fills the "vulnerability" square in my 12-17-14 card for the genprompt_bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by fyreharper. It belongs to the Antimatter & Stalwart Stan thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.

WARNING: This poem deals with some touchy topics. Highlight to read the warnings, some of which are spoilers. Stan's football buddies take exception to his relationship with Lawrence. Jealousy, possessiveness, homophobia and biphobia, bullying, verbal abuse, and other obnoxious behavior ensue. Stan has very little idea how to cope with any of this, because his experience focuses on protecting other people, not himself. He's always been able to rely on privilege and popularity, which are suddenly not quite as reliable as they once were. Fortunately Lawrence comes to the rescue, and Stan is a resilient fellow, but it's still very stressful. If these are sensitive issues for you, consider your headspace before deciding whether to read onward.

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This poem is spillover from the February 2, 2015 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from the_vulture. It also fills the "candle lit dinner for one" square in my 1-31-15 card for the Valentine's Day Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by janetmiles. It belongs to the series Polychrome Heroics, and takes place during Heron's freshman year at college so it's a few years prior to Damask's college adventures.

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This poem came out of the April 2015 Creative Jam. It was inspired and sponsored by siliconshaman. It also fills the "feudal ties / master and servant" square in my 9-1-14 card for the ladiesbingo fest. This poem features the characters introduced in the story "Atomic" by siliconshaman, and will make more sense if you have read that first. They belong to the series Polychrome Heroics.

Note: This poem features two women in an intimate relationship of unusual dynamics, with some major obstacles to overcome. The descriptions are vivid but not erotically explicit. Think about your tastes before deciding whether or not this is something you want to read.

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