Free Epic Poll
Apr. 27th, 2026 11:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ysabetwordsmithThe April 7, 2026 Poetry Fishbowl has made its $200 goal, so you get a free epic. Everyone is eligible to vote in this poll. I will keep it open at least until Tuesday night. If there's a clear answer then, I'll close it; otherwise I may leave it open a little while longer. Here are your options...
"Better to Be an Outcast"
Summary: Shahana and Ari encounter a former paladin of Gorrein.
122 lines
"Filled with Things You Don't Know"
Story Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Summary: Marjane works on library decor and gets a new assistant.
98 lines
"Better to Be an Outcast"
Summary: Shahana and Ari encounter a former paladin of Gorrein.
122 lines
"Filled with Things You Don't Know"
Story Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Summary: Marjane works on library decor and gets a new assistant.
98 lines
Poll #34530 Free Epic for the April 7, 2026 Poetry Fishbowl
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 2
Which of these should be the free epic?
General Fund Poll
Apr. 27th, 2026 11:24 pmysabetwordsmithThe general fund currently contains $25. Everyone is eligible to vote in this poll. I will keep it open at least until Tuesday night. If there is a clear answer then, I'll close it. Otherwise I may leave it open at least a little longer. Here are your options...
"No Faster or Firmer Friendships" belongs to Polychrome Heroics and needs $45 to be complete. Josué makes friends with Maria-Vera. You could reveal a bunch of new verses here.
"The Doom Puff" is $15. You could sponsor that outright, and have $10 left for "No Faster or Firmer Friendships."
There are four epics from April: "Any Terms You Offer," "Eat It Happily Because It Is Good," "Edge of Enchantment," and "An Equally Valid Way of Being." This would make a good start on any one of those.
"No Faster or Firmer Friendships" belongs to Polychrome Heroics and needs $45 to be complete. Josué makes friends with Maria-Vera. You could reveal a bunch of new verses here.
"The Doom Puff" is $15. You could sponsor that outright, and have $10 left for "No Faster or Firmer Friendships."
There are four epics from April: "Any Terms You Offer," "Eat It Happily Because It Is Good," "Edge of Enchantment," and "An Equally Valid Way of Being." This would make a good start on any one of those.
Poll #34529 General Fund Poll
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 2
How do you want to distribute the $25?
View Answers
$15 for "The Doom Puff" and $10 toward "No Faster or Firmer Friendships"
2 (100.0%)
ALL $25 into "No Faster or Firmer Friendships"
0 (0.0%)
Open a new epic
0 (0.0%)
Unsold Poems for the April 7, 2026 Poetry Fishbowl
Apr. 27th, 2026 11:13 pmysabetwordsmithThe following poems from the April 7, 2026 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 "A Sense of Weather Changes," "The Loving Embrace of Night," "Generations of Cooks Past," "Homefree and Clear, " "One Bite at a Time," "Mishpocha," "Changing Your Nature," and "Besa."
"Any Terms You Offer"
Story Date: Monday, March 18, 2019
Summary: Barb feels confused by changes, but he's still standing up for himself.
125 lines, Buy It Now = $63
Gideon came home to find
a puddle of black fur
moping on his bed.
"The Doom Puff"
Summary: What started out as a cute fluffy bunny didn't stay that way.
39 lines, Buy It Now = $15
"Eat It Happily Because It Is Good"
Story Date: Thursday, September 1, 2016
Summary: In which Shiv is a salad snob.
501 lines, Buy It Now = $251
Professor O'Keeffe had done a great job
of showing everyone around Memorial Park,
pointing out where the canna bulbs and
other tender perennials had already been
dug up to store over the winter or how
the rosebushes were dropping leaves.
"Edge of Enchantment"
Story Date: Morning of Thursday, May 1, 2025
Summary: Digby and Maerwynn come to a trading post where they meet the first people in their new world.
357 lines, Buy It Now = $179
In the morning, Digby and Maerwynn
woke to song, but only half of that
came from the familiar birds.
"An Equally Valid Way of Being"
Summary: Xavia finds that becoming a werewolf improves her mental as well as physical health.
66 lines, Buy It Now = $33
Xavia Brown had been
an indifferent college student
and an avid bicycler when
bad bicycle crash left her
with arm and leg impairment
on the left side, a lot of scars,
and chronic pain that made
every day into a struggle.
"Any Terms You Offer"
Story Date: Monday, March 18, 2019
Summary: Barb feels confused by changes, but he's still standing up for himself.
125 lines, Buy It Now = $63
Gideon came home to find
a puddle of black fur
moping on his bed.
"The Doom Puff"
Summary: What started out as a cute fluffy bunny didn't stay that way.
39 lines, Buy It Now = $15
"Eat It Happily Because It Is Good"
Story Date: Thursday, September 1, 2016
Summary: In which Shiv is a salad snob.
501 lines, Buy It Now = $251
Professor O'Keeffe had done a great job
of showing everyone around Memorial Park,
pointing out where the canna bulbs and
other tender perennials had already been
dug up to store over the winter or how
the rosebushes were dropping leaves.
"Edge of Enchantment"
Story Date: Morning of Thursday, May 1, 2025
Summary: Digby and Maerwynn come to a trading post where they meet the first people in their new world.
357 lines, Buy It Now = $179
In the morning, Digby and Maerwynn
woke to song, but only half of that
came from the familiar birds.
"An Equally Valid Way of Being"
Summary: Xavia finds that becoming a werewolf improves her mental as well as physical health.
66 lines, Buy It Now = $33
Xavia Brown had been
an indifferent college student
and an avid bicycler when
bad bicycle crash left her
with arm and leg impairment
on the left side, a lot of scars,
and chronic pain that made
every day into a struggle.
Feathering the Nest
Apr. 27th, 2026 07:46 pmysabetwordsmithdialecticdreamer is hosting Feathering the Nest today. The theme for this prompt call is always fluff and comfort. Leave prompts, get ficlets!New Year's Resolutions and Other Goals
Apr. 27th, 2026 06:10 pmysabetwordsmith![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
goals_on_dw is a community for people who like goals and goal setting. A key focus is New Year's resolutions, that being among the most popular contexts for such activities. Although the most common time is January 1, "new year" can also refer to other calendars or cultures, whatever works for you. Alternatively, just pick a time that works for you and go for it. You can introduce yourself or make new friends here. We talk about different goal systems, pros and cons of resolutions, arts and crafts for tracking goals, human psychology, and more. You can share your resolutions or other goals. There are weekly check-in posts in January, and monthly ones in the rest of the year, for folks to talk about their accomplishments. December-January is the most active period, and it starts ramping up in November as lots of people begin thinking about their goals for the next year.
2026 Free Printable Calendars, Planners, and More is the guide post for this years goal-setting activities. For more details on relevant topics, see "Things You Can Talk About Here."
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Newcomers
Apr. 27th, 2026 06:05 pmysabetwordsmithnewcomers is a community for people who are just getting started on Dreamwidth, in the tradition of twitter_refugees and reddit_refugees. This community supports former users of other platforms who are moving to Dreamwidth because their previous platform has become untenable or has closed. As such, it will increase activity with each wave of new users, in hopes of helping them get settled in Dreamwidth so they want to stick around. It also serves previous users returning after a long hiatus, people who want to do more with a Dreamwidth blog that was only intermittent, or anyone else who wants help connecting and figuring out how to use this venue.( Read more... )
Poem: "An Expression That Crosses Boundaries"
Apr. 27th, 2026 02:19 pmysabetwordsmithThis poem is spillover from the March 3, 2026 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from fuzzyred, chanter1944, and Doug Edwards. It also fills the "Writing" square in my 3-1-26 card for the National Crafting Month Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with fuzzyred. It belongs to the Shiv and Rutledge threads of the Polychrome Heroics series.
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fuzzyred, chanter1944, and Doug Edwards. It also fills the "Writing" square in my 3-1-26 card for the National Crafting Month Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with fuzzyred. It belongs to the Shiv and Rutledge threads of the Polychrome Heroics series.( Read more... )
Birdfeeding
Apr. 27th, 2026 01:19 pmysabetwordsmithToday is cloudy, cool, and wet. It's been storming all morning. We sure need the rain.
I fed the birds.
EDIT 4/27/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
I am done for the night.
I fed the birds.
EDIT 4/27/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
I am done for the night.
Poem: "Let the Glass Make Itself"
Apr. 27th, 2026 12:33 pmysabetwordsmithThis poem is spillover from the February 3, 2026 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from Laura G. It also fills the "Taking It Slow" square in my 2-1-26 card for the Valentines Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with fuzzyred. It belongs to the Big One thread of the Polychrome Heroics series. It follows "The Bones of Chihuly" but is listed after "To Repair the Damage of the Lumberman."
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fuzzyred. It belongs to the Big One thread of the Polychrome Heroics series. It follows "The Bones of Chihuly" but is listed after "To Repair the Damage of the Lumberman."( Read more... )
Poem: "The Graffiti of the Rich"
Apr. 27th, 2026 12:16 pmysabetwordsmithThis poem was written outside the regular prompt calls. It was inspired by a prompt from zianuray. It has been sponsored by a pool with fuzzyred. This poem belongs to the Shiv thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.
"The Graffiti of the Rich"
[Wednesday, November 5, 2014]
For months, Shiv had been
enjoying the ever-changing display
of graffiti along a retaining wall
between Blues Moon and
Buster Hump's Gym.
It was a perfect place
to get a good feel for
the neighborhood
and its current artists.
Then one day, Shiv
arrived to find that
someone had covered
the wall with grey paint.
Fuming, he glared at
the nearby billboards.
Funny how nobody ever
covered up those eyesores.
That got him thinking about
some stuff that Dr. G had said
about cultures, graffiti, and
what counted as artwork.
Smirking, he pulled out
a black paint pen and
scribbled his rebuttal.
With grey paint we silence
some voices in society.
Advertising is fine -- it is,
after all, the graffiti of the rich.
zianuray. It has been sponsored by a pool with fuzzyred. This poem belongs to the Shiv thread of the Polychrome Heroics series."The Graffiti of the Rich"
[Wednesday, November 5, 2014]
For months, Shiv had been
enjoying the ever-changing display
of graffiti along a retaining wall
between Blues Moon and
Buster Hump's Gym.
It was a perfect place
to get a good feel for
the neighborhood
and its current artists.
Then one day, Shiv
arrived to find that
someone had covered
the wall with grey paint.
Fuming, he glared at
the nearby billboards.
Funny how nobody ever
covered up those eyesores.
That got him thinking about
some stuff that Dr. G had said
about cultures, graffiti, and
what counted as artwork.
Smirking, he pulled out
a black paint pen and
scribbled his rebuttal.
With grey paint we silence
some voices in society.
Advertising is fine -- it is,
after all, the graffiti of the rich.
Three Weeks for Dreamwidth: Dance
Apr. 27th, 2026 01:20 amysabetwordsmithThis year during Three Weeks for Dreamwidth, I'm writing about reading as a way of becoming an expert in a given subject. Read Part 1: Introduction to Becoming an Expert, Part 2: Architecture.
Three Weeks for Dreamwidth Part 3: Dance
Dance is a performing art about moving the body, usually but not always to music. It exists in many styles. Every ethnic group or other cultural identity tends to have their own dances. Here on Dreamwidth, check outbeautifulmechanical and first_nations_freaks.
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Three Weeks for Dreamwidth Part 3: Dance
Dance is a performing art about moving the body, usually but not always to music. It exists in many styles. Every ethnic group or other cultural identity tends to have their own dances. Here on Dreamwidth, check out
beautifulmechanical and first_nations_freaks.( Read more... )
Monday Update 4-27-26
Apr. 27th, 2026 12:50 amysabetwordsmithThese are some posts from the later part of last week in case you missed them:
Poem: "Our Homemade Safety Nets"
Birdfeeding
Friending Meme
Today's Adventures
Philosophical Questions: Different
You Don't Have to Stay
Science
Birdfeeding
Today's Adventures
Birdfeeding
Follow Friday 4-24-26: Metal
Vocabulary: Scabrous
History
History
History
Community Thursdays
Earth Day
Poem: "When You Learn to Read"
Wildlife
Birdfeeding
Hard Things
Poem: "Walnut Park" has 41 comments. Early Humans has 22 comments. Philosophical Questions: Pregnancy has 66 comments. Safety has 77 comments.
Three Weeks for Dreamwidth is running April 25-May 15. People aim to make a new post each day, or participate in various activities to celebrate the platform.
Three Weeks for Dreamwidth: Introduction to Becoming an Expert
Three Weeks for Dreamwidth: Architecture
"No Faster or Firmer Friendships" belongs to Polychrome Heroics and needs $45 to be complete. Josué makes friends with Maria-Vera.
The weather has been mild here. We got some rain the other day. Seen at the birdfeeders this week: a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, a male cardinal, and a fox squirrel. Red-winged blackbirds have been singing overhead. I heard a bluejay screaming but didn't see it. Currently blooming: violets, tulips, anemone, Solomon's seal, pansies, violas, sweet alyssum, bleeding heart, chokecherries, alliums, lilies of the valley, marigolds, honeysuckle, raspberies, snapdragons, lantana, million bells, blue lobelia, petunias, portulaca, nemesia, wild chives, star of Bethlehem. Flower buds: peonies. Green fruit: mulberries.
Poem: "Our Homemade Safety Nets"
Birdfeeding
Friending Meme
Today's Adventures
Philosophical Questions: Different
You Don't Have to Stay
Science
Birdfeeding
Today's Adventures
Birdfeeding
Follow Friday 4-24-26: Metal
Vocabulary: Scabrous
History
History
History
Community Thursdays
Earth Day
Poem: "When You Learn to Read"
Wildlife
Birdfeeding
Hard Things
Poem: "Walnut Park" has 41 comments. Early Humans has 22 comments. Philosophical Questions: Pregnancy has 66 comments. Safety has 77 comments.
Three Weeks for Dreamwidth is running April 25-May 15. People aim to make a new post each day, or participate in various activities to celebrate the platform.
Three Weeks for Dreamwidth: Introduction to Becoming an Expert
Three Weeks for Dreamwidth: Architecture
"No Faster or Firmer Friendships" belongs to Polychrome Heroics and needs $45 to be complete. Josué makes friends with Maria-Vera.
The weather has been mild here. We got some rain the other day. Seen at the birdfeeders this week: a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, a male cardinal, and a fox squirrel. Red-winged blackbirds have been singing overhead. I heard a bluejay screaming but didn't see it. Currently blooming: violets, tulips, anemone, Solomon's seal, pansies, violas, sweet alyssum, bleeding heart, chokecherries, alliums, lilies of the valley, marigolds, honeysuckle, raspberies, snapdragons, lantana, million bells, blue lobelia, petunias, portulaca, nemesia, wild chives, star of Bethlehem. Flower buds: peonies. Green fruit: mulberries.
A Complicated Tangle (part 5 of 5, complete)
Apr. 26th, 2026 11:33 pmdialecticdreamerA Complicated Tangle
By Dialecticdreamer/Sarah Williams
Part 5 of 5, complete
Word count (story only): 1129
[Tuesday, 3 January 2017]
:: Frank the Crank is analyzing the next sections of road to clear, and trying to decide if the promise of payment is enough to warrant hiring a crew captain for a new work crew. All these difficulties, and he hasnât even seen the next tangle in person yet! Part of the Polychrome Heroics universe, this story is written for the April Magpie Monday, and will post in five parts. Thank you all for your support. Enjoy! ::
Back to part four
:: Thanks for reading! ::
Frank eased the car to a stop and stared intently at the front of Alunâs house. It was five minutes to eight in the morning, and steam began fogging the inside of the car windows as soon as Frank shut off the engine and the vent fans. The front door of the house opened before Frank could unfasten his seatbelt, revealing Alunâs older relative, Ela.
She made her way over to him with the help of her plain black cane, but waited on the sidewalk instead of rapping on the window. Frank turned the key to roll down the passenger window. âMorning, Ms. Gladstone. Did you get enough rest, or did you wake up at the time zone that you were used to?â
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By Dialecticdreamer/Sarah Williams
Part 5 of 5, complete
Word count (story only): 1129
[Tuesday, 3 January 2017]
:: Frank the Crank is analyzing the next sections of road to clear, and trying to decide if the promise of payment is enough to warrant hiring a crew captain for a new work crew. All these difficulties, and he hasnât even seen the next tangle in person yet! Part of the Polychrome Heroics universe, this story is written for the April Magpie Monday, and will post in five parts. Thank you all for your support. Enjoy! ::
Back to part four
:: Thanks for reading! ::
Frank eased the car to a stop and stared intently at the front of Alunâs house. It was five minutes to eight in the morning, and steam began fogging the inside of the car windows as soon as Frank shut off the engine and the vent fans. The front door of the house opened before Frank could unfasten his seatbelt, revealing Alunâs older relative, Ela.
She made her way over to him with the help of her plain black cane, but waited on the sidewalk instead of rapping on the window. Frank turned the key to roll down the passenger window. âMorning, Ms. Gladstone. Did you get enough rest, or did you wake up at the time zone that you were used to?â
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Poem: "Our Homemade Safety Nets"
Apr. 26th, 2026 09:36 pmysabetwordsmithThis poem came out of the March 17, 2026 Bonus Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from dialecticdreamer. It also fills the "Thread" square in my 3-1-26 card for the National Crafting Month Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by fuzzyred. It belongs to the Mercedes thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.
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dialecticdreamer. It also fills the "Thread" square in my 3-1-26 card for the National Crafting Month Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by fuzzyred. It belongs to the Mercedes thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.( Read more... )
New verses in "No Faster or Firmer Friendships"
Apr. 26th, 2026 09:12 pmysabetwordsmithThanks to a donation from fuzzyred, there are 50 new verses in "No Faster or Firmer Friendships." Josué and Maria-Vera begin reading The Last Calabash together, a story about family loss and recovery.
fuzzyred, there are 50 new verses in "No Faster or Firmer Friendships." Josué and Maria-Vera begin reading The Last Calabash together, a story about family loss and recovery.
