Poetry Fishbowl Report for Tuesday, August 4, 2009

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This month's prompts came with an early surge and then a few later. The fishbowl started late because our Internet connection was out in the morning, but we managed to get someone to fix it that day. I started at 1:30 PM and continued until midnight; accounting for lunch and supper breaks, that's 9 1/2 hours. I wrote a total of 18 poems, mostly medium; there were a few short poems and only one epic-length poem. All of the poems this time were free verse except for one acrostic. Some used two or more prompts, others only one.

This time, 11 people sent prompts; but alas, there were no new prompters. (Those of you who are spreading the word about the fishbowls, please don't be discouraged and please do continue: repetition is the foundation of successful promotion.) There were 39 comments including mine.

The following fishbowl poems have been published:
"Life Beyond Life"
"The Meaning of the Chain"
"Mother and Child(ren)"

There is no generally sponsored poetry poll planned as yet; so far the only donations have sponsored individual poems.

This month's donors include: ellenmillion, talix18, and minorarchitect. So far there are no first-time donors. I'll get a donor perk-post written presently.

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