Poetry Fishbowl Report for June 3, 2014

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This month's theme was "first contact."  I worked from 11:30 AM to 3:30 AM, so about 14 hours allowing for breaks.  I wrote 19 poems on Tuesday and another 5 later.  Many of them were medium-length again, although this time there were also a lot of epics.  It was about evenly mixed between series and stand-alone poetry, with a few form poems amidst the free verse.

Participation was up, with 43 comments on LiveJournal and another 28 on Dreamwidth.  Please welcome new prompters moriwen1 and DW user Kshandra.  You have them to thank for the second freebie.


Read Some Poetry!
The following poems from the June 3, 2014 Poetry Fishbowl have been posted:
"Against Interstellar Distance"
"All the Colors"
"As Usually Happens"
"The Birdlands"
"Chopping Wood"
"Contents Under Pressure"
"Extraordinary Experiences"
"Going Places"
"In Drab Silence"
"The Last Plane to Heaven"
"Like Unformed Clay"
"Mutual Superstitions"
"One of Each"
"One Quiet Winter Evening"
"Over the Old Bridge"
"A Quiet Friendship"
"A River in Time"
"SPOON in Every Pot"
"A Study in Contrasts"
"A Two-Part Solution"

"Worse Than the Disease" (Polychrome Heroics, 1/7/14 fishbowl)
"The Freedom Machine" (P.I.E., November 2013 Creative Jam)


Buy some poetry!
If you plan to sponsor some poetry but haven't made up your mind yet, read the unsold poetry list from June 3. That includes the title, length, price, and the original thumbnail description for the poems still available.

Currently sponsored poems have all been posted.  Per the $200 goal, "The Freedom Machine" is the free epic.  Per the $250 goal, there will be a bonus fishbowl on Tuesday, June 17 featuring Frankenstein's Family.  Per the $300 goal, there will be a half-price sale in a series to be determined later.

The donor perk-post is "First Contact."  Donors this month included the_vulture, janetmiles, zianuray, Anthony & Shirley Barrette.  There were no new donors.


The Poetry Fishbowl project also has a permanent landing page.