The Wordsmith's Forge

This poem is spillover from the July 3, 2018 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from mama_kestrel, sweet_sparrow, and R.R. It also fills the "party" square in my 7-1-18 card for the Winterfest in July fest. This poem has been sponsored by mama_kestrel. It belongs to the Mercedes thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.

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One of my writer friends asked for ideas about dates for her characters. There are now lists of nontraditional date ideas, some of which are really good.

Then I started listing some examples of things I've used with Stan and Lawrence, and I realized that they've actually gone through a fantastic process of getting to know each other, including but not limited to:

Pride club and a movie

Tutoring each other

Mostly they walk in the park

Cooking

Chess club

Volunteering

Gaming

Community Supported Agriculture

Family gathering

Science crafts

Emotional intimacy questions aka demisexual pr0n

Town meeting

Visiting a museum

You can see them going back and forth, introducing each other to personal favorites, and finding things they enjoy doing together. It also shows how T-American folks tend to have a diverse selection of hobbies and other interests. \o/

This poem is spillover from the September 4, 2018 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from pantha and lone_cat. It also fills the "terrible choices" square in my 12-3-17 card for the genprompt_bingo fest and the "odd couple" square in my 1-31-18 Romantic card for the Valentines Bingo fest. This poem was sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette. It belongs to the Calliope thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.

Warning: This poem contains intense material. Highlight to read the warnings, some which are spoilers. A bondbreaker has found Calliope, and now she wants to sever the bond with Vagary. Calliope is thrilled; Vagary is heartbroken. The poem contains rejection, emotional misery, communication difficulties, emotional numbness, dissociation, Vagary crying his heart out, loneliness, feeling unloved, anticipatory grief, disenfranchised grief, mourning skills, Vagary comparing himself to other people, and other angst. This poem may be especially hard on people who are or have been in difficult relationships. If these are sensitive issues for you, please consider your tastes and headspace before reading onward.

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 ...comes in so many flavors!  Not all of them have to do with sex/romance.  There are other ways to be a major, long-term part of somebody's life.  Feel free to prompt for anything you want to read.

 ... can be just as happy as closed ones.

... by Netflix according to this article. 

The series page for Feathered Nests is now current. 

This poem came out of the May 15, 2018 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from peoriapeoriawhereart and curiosity. It also fills the "hero" square in my 5-1-18 Roles card for the Pro Wrestling Bingo Fest. This poem has been sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette.  It belongs to the Aquariana thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.

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This poem is from the February 6, 2018 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired and sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette.

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This poem came out of the January 6, 2018 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired and sponsored by pocketnaomi. It also fills the "enigmatic" square in my 1-31-18 You Are card for the Valentines Bingo fest.

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