Multifandom Poetry Fest 2018

[minutia_r]

Welcome to the second annual Multifandom Poetry Fest, a prompt fest for poetry for all fandoms! Have fun, and if you want to promote it on your journal/tumblr/whatever, you can just copy the code in this box:

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Rules

1) Leave a prompt in the form of fandom, characters or relationships, prompt. If you don’t want to specify the fandom or characters, you can say "any." One prompt per comment. Leave as many prompts as you like.

2) Reply to other people’s prompts with poems. The poems can be any length or form, or no form. Quality isn’t important--the point is to have fun, not to produce deathless works of art. (Any deathless works of art produced are just a bonus.)

FAQ

Q: I want to write a sonnet/haiku/villanelle/limerick, but I’m not sure how it goes.

A: You can find a good list of poetic forms and their structures here.

Q: I want to fill a prompt, but someone else has already filled it.

A: That’s okay, prompts can be filled multiple times.

Q: I want to write explicit erotica, or a poem with potentially disturbing themes. Is that okay, and what sort of content do I need to warn for?

A: Sure, that's fine. Warnings are up to you, and choosing not to warn is okay too.

Q: How long is the fest going to be running for?

A: Currently, I don't have any plans to close this post to comments--I figure we'll keep going until everyone gets bored and wanders off. I reserve the right to change my mind, though.

Q: Is there a collection on AO3 where I can post my poems?

A: Right here.

Q: I want to participate, but I suck at writing poetry.

A: Aww, you’re probably not as bad as you think. But even if you are, it really doesn’t matter--like I said, the main point is to have fun.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Stand Still Stay Silent - Emil/Lalli - lost in translation

[kiraly]

I don't need to ask, I observe
you say,
and I
still reeling from the steel
in your gaze,
brace for the blow.

You've seen, now
my secrets
shame and shouting, spoiled
child I was
and might still be
beneath the muscle.

A father never
home, a woman
paid to care
framed photos of happy lies
and fire
lurking like cobwebs in the corners.

A big house you say,
and food, too much. You are-
I wait
-an orphan
the last one left
unloved.
So sad.

The words are wrong
and yet
this dream,
less empty with you in it
may prove them true
after all.

[minutia_r]

Awww,Emil. This is really sweet.

[kiraly]

Aww, thanks!

[elleth]

♥♥♥ What a beautiful poem. Sad, too, with such an inaccurately accurate conclusion, but hopefully Lalli's presence helps some. <3

[kiraly]

Aw, yeah. Let's hope Lalli being there can make the dream a bit less lonely, for now at least. And thank you!

[yuuago]

*_* Ahh Kiraly, this is wonderful. I like the way you drew in the canon dialogue/conclusion - the way you incorporated it, I mean. /lacks vocabulary, hopefully that is clear?

[kiraly]

Yeah, it made sense to me! I wanted to try to fit Lalli's analysis in with more-or-less the same idea you get on the actual page, but I tweaked it a bit to fit the poem structure. I'm glad it worked for you!