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This is why...
... governments need supervision from the citizens of their nation. Because if you give people power without holding them responsible for what they do, they tend to do evil. Any time people can "disappear" in a justice system without requ...
Remembering Wounded Knee
The massacre at Wounded Knee is one of many dark blots on American history. Here is a petition to remove medals of honor bestowed upon soldiers in the Seventh Cavalry ... for shooting unarmed people including women and children. Remember ...
Poem: "Sail With Me, Lady Washington"
*sleigh bells jingling*This poem came out of the December 1, 2009 poetry fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from i_id who works on the replica ship built in the image of the original Lady Washington. If you stretch a bit...
Poem: "The Secret of Göbekli Tepe"
This poem came out of the March 10, 2009 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from ladyqkat and sponsored by Ahmet Yazman as part of the 2009 Holiday Poetry Sale. Happy holidays, and thank you!Göbekli Tepe is a real place; p...
Very Top Five Ways to Get Medieval
There is some vulgarity and much abuse of language in this post about medieval weaponry. However, I found it hilarious, and writers may find some useful inspiration therein. Characters everywhere probably wish you wouldn't read it. ...
Poem: "Books of the Dead and the Living"
This poem came out of the December 1, 2009 poetry fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from natasiakith. This is actually the extra freebie poem you get when someone new participates in the fishbowl; sorry it's late. New prompters ...
Poem: "All the Sleeping Heroes"
This poem came from the December 1, 2009 poetry fishbowl. It was inspired and sponsored by nhpeacenik. Some of the featured heroes appear on this list.All the Sleeping HeroesThey came from their caves all together,a great army of heroes roused from t...
Poem: "History Returned"
Today's freebie poem was inspired by a prompt from marina_bonomi. The name of this six-line verse form is "Scottish stanza" or "Burns stanza."History ReturnedFrom Italy to Scotland’s heatherAll bent and bowed against the weatherWith sword of steel...
Poetry Fishbowl Open!
Starting now, the Poetry Fishbowl is open! I will be checking this page periodically throughout the day. When people make suggestions, I'll pick some and weave them together into a poem ... and then another ... and so on. I'm hoping to get a lot of i...
Epic Update: "Warning Sine" and "Choralia"
There are currently two poems being microfunded..."Warning Sine" is a science fiction poem about the difficulty of communicating across deep time.50 lines, Buy It Now = $20 Amount donated = $3Amount remaining to fund fully = $17Amount needed to fund ...
Poetry Fishbowl on Tuesday, December 1
This is an advance announcement for the December 2009 Poetry Fishbowl. This time the theme will be "cultures of the world." I'll be soliciting ideas for culture heroes, historic figures, ancient or modern societies, objects linked to a certain cultu...
Epic Update: "Warning Sine" and "Choralia"
There are currently two poems being microfunded, details to follow. In other poetry news, a recent poll revealed that folks are not interested in seeing a list of who's promoting the fishbowls, but are potentially interested in seeing occasional fic...
Epic Update: "The Transformations of Terror," "Warning Sine," and "Choralia"
There are currently three poems being microfunded, two epics and a $20 long poem. Here is where they stand now:"The Transformations of Terror" is a science fiction horror poem about sentient starships who are afraid of hyperspace monsters.84 lines, B...
The Berlin Wall: 20 Years Later
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall. I remember being in high school and watching the newscasts of people attacking the wall with crowbars and hacking off chunks of it. Now very little is left and the remnants have becom...
Poem: "Carved in Stone"
This poem came out of the November 3, 2009 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from tonithegreat and sponsored out of general donations thanks to the poll. Petroglyphs appear around the world and have many different meanings and purposes.C...
