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The Winterfaire spreads out as far as the eye can see. Some booths show streamers of red and green, while others sport blue and silver. All of them offer treasure after shining treasure. Music fills the air with lyrics of Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa, Solstice, and Yule. From the Wordsmith's Forge comes the bright chiming of words being hammered into literature. Delicious scents of hot chocolate, spiced cider, peppermint, baking cookies, and gingerbread tantalize the appetite. Smiling, laughing ...

This month's theme was "Fairies and Fey." I wrote from 12 PM to 3 AM, so about 13 hours, allowing for lunch and supper breaks. I wrote 3 poems on Tuesday plus 5 later in the week.

Participation was down slightly, with 9 comments on LiveJournal and another 23 on Dreamwidth. A total of 11 people sent prompts. You have new prompters Dreamwidth users Ljgeoff and Gs_silva to thank for the second freebie.


Read Some Poetry!
The following poems from the November 4, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl have been posted:
"Be...

The following poems from the November 4, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl are currently available. Poems may be sponsored via PayPal -- there's a permanent donation button on my Dreamwidth profile page -- or you can write to me and discuss other methods. There are still verses left in the linkback poems "Delight in Another," "A Sense of Weather Changes," "Ouroboros Insects," "The Loving Embrace of Night," "Generations of Cooks Past," "Homefree and Clear, " "One Bite at a Time," "Stars and Diamonds," "Mishpo...

Today is Buy Nothing Day. Take a break from being a consumer, and be a creator for day. How do you celebrate Buy Nothing Day? Here are some ideas...





Take a picture of your town's wasted parking space.


Draw something.

50+ Still life drawing ideas for Art students

Artwork - how to articles from wikiHow

Drawing - how to articles from wikiHow

Hobbies: Drawing

How to draw: the best drawing tutorials

How to Draw for Beginners with Dexterity Issues

How to Learn Art on the Cheap

How to Overcome Artist's Block...

This is an advance announcement for the Tuesday, December 2, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. This time the theme will be "Sentient and Self-Aware Machines." I'll be soliciting ideas for androids, robots, sexbots, sentient ships, other digital people, programmers, gizmologists and super-gizmologists, super-intellects, rebels, researchers, journalists, historians, explorers, partners, teachers, leaders, superheroes, supervillains, teammates, ethicists, activists, other people who work with self-aware machin...

This poem is spillover from the June 3, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from Dreamwidth user Dialecticdreamer. It also fills the "Aroace" square in my 6-2-25 card for the Pride Fest Bingo. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with DW users Fuzzyred and Librarygeek. It belongs to the Finn Family thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.


"Preparing Every Nook and Cranny"

[Saturday, October 8, 2016]

Heron was nesting.

He and Mallory, along
with Dairinne, had gone
to visit Tolliver and ...

This poem is spillover from the May 7, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from Dreamwidth users Fuzzyred and Dialecticdreamer. It also fills the "Power(ful)" square in my 5-1-24 card for the Superpower Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with DW users Fuzzyred and Librarygeek. It belongs to the Finn Family thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.


"Rigor, Innovation, Accessibility, and Accountability"

[Monday, September 12, 2016]

Aida had joined a Maldivian think tank
cal...

This poem came out of the June 4, 2024 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from kestrels_nest . It also fills the "Nonbinary / Intersex" square in my 6-1-24 card for the Pride Fest Bingo. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with Dreamwidth users Fuzzyred and Librarygeek. It belongs to the Finn Family thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.


"To Form a New Idea"

[Tuesday, July 12, 2016]

Halley wanted to investigate
the warehouse section of
Raleigh that was closest to
where Tolli and Simon li...

This poem came out of the November 5, 2024 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from Dreamwidth user Dialecticdreamer. It also fills the "Chamomile" square in my 11-1-24 card for the Sleepytime Bear Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with DW users Fuzzyred and Librarygeek">. It belongs to the Finn Family thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.

Warning: This poem contains some intense topics. Highlight to read the warnings, some of which are spoilers. It includes digestive...

These are some posts from the later part of last week in case you missed them:
Poem: "A Sanctuary for the Homeless"
Poem: "Worthy of Love and Belonging"
Poem: "Indicative of the Extent"
Space Exploration
Birdfeeding
Bird Apocalypse
Birdfeeding
Philosophical Questions: Morals
Today's Smoothie
Science
Birdfeeding
Follow Friday 11-21-25: Knitting
Poem: "Trying to Be Better"
Poem: "Set on Continuous Improvement"
Science
Birdfeeding
Hobbies: Quilting
Self-Care
Today's Adventures
Birdfeeding
Good News

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