Multifandom Poetry Fest 2021

[minutia_r]

Welcome to the fifth annual Multifandom Poetry Fest, a prompt fest for poetry for all fandoms! Have fun, and feel free to promote it on your journal/community/tumblr/discord server/whatever if you want. You can copy the code in this box wherever HTML applies:

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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: Can I write fills without leaving any prompts, or leave prompts without writing any fills?

A: Go ahead!

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, or a poem that spoils recent installments of canon (or make a request for the same). Is that okay, and what sort of content do I need to warn for?

A: Sure, that's fine. Warnings are considerate and appreciated, but they're also up to the discretion of the individual poster. Consider this a warnings-optional space and read at your own risk accordingly.

Q: Can I prompt/write original works?

A: Original works are a fandom! If you want, you can specify genre and character types while prompting, like so: original fantasy setting, female elf/female orc, next time I won't miss.

Q: I want to participate, but I don't have a dreamwidth account/I'm shy.

A: That's okay--anonymous posting is on.

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

Wen Kexing, behind those eyes

[hhimring]

Behind those eyes,
too many memories.
Blood on white cloth.
I have searched too long
for butterfly bones,
eyes turned to me
in a living face.

Here you are,
too late.
Yet, how could I not
attempt to walk the path to further grief
alongside you,
every step?

Raise a cup to the moon.
Time is not on my side.
Yet one day with you
is more life
than four seasons with ghosts.

You might yet
teach the philanthropist
to forgive mankind.

Re: Original Haiku

[hhimring]

I like that a lot!

Re: Afterimage

[hhimring]

I love that.
My favorite bit might be "breathe that old smoke out"

[hamsterwoman]

Aww, wow, thank you! :DDD

I never really realized how intricately ghazals were put together until I tried to write my first one for NaPoWriMo a couple of years ago, and they have a lot going on, haha, but it was a neat challenge trying to do that again in a fannish framework. I'm really glad it worked for you! :D

Re: Afterimage

[the_leaky_pen]

Oops, I added a second part: https://archiveofourown.org/works/30422829/chapters/75007254

Re: Afterimage

[the_leaky_pen]

Thank you so much

[(Anonymous)]

Original Work, male claimant lawyer/male defendant lawyer, estoppel

Quiet comfort, Italian sonnet, The Old Guard, Joe/Nicky, Gen, POV Nicky

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

The quiet comfort of your resting embrace,
in the muted stillness which comes of knowing
and being known, defenseless, bare, scars showing
yet loved and lulled in arms which will not unlace
sono qui, here, so that nothing might displace,
disturb, or harm your slumber, your calm growing
profound, with every puff of hushed breath slowing
against my nape. Then, steals into our soft space…

Dread. Fear. Fault. Guilt. Grief. Angst. Ire. Wrath. Woe. Shame.
a sharp intake, a tiny twitch, a fret
in dream, in memory, the insect creeps,
intending to lay eggs, but you reclaim
our peace and send the spindle-legged threat
away with a growl, a clutch. Our love still sleeps.

FILL - Highku

[(Anonymous)]

The Eiffel tower in June -
Alex said his yes
Handfasted to either hand.

"Now," said Parker, beaming,
The foie gras intact.
(One Eliot shrug. C'est la vie.)

She dove, a hawklined dove,
Her whoopee a suncry,
While their hearts sipped vertigo.

(Miles and miles away Sophie
In a new gold ring
Closed her eyes in sympathy.)

"Next stop, Everest!"
"Never ever." "Shush, brother."
Heartbeats soaring still.

Re: FILL - Highku

[the_leaky_pen]

Lovely! "While their hearts sipped vertigo" is such a fantastic turn of phrase

Re: Original Haiku

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Aw. Beautiful. I love the image of the crocuses in the snow.

[(Anonymous)]

Snooker RPF, Stephen Hendry/Ronnie O’Sullivan

File under: BF1444-1486

[kiraly]

Now the clock is striking twelve,
all the lamps are burning low,
as the day's last book I shelve,
comes your whisper, soft and slow,
Must you go, alone to leave me,
You alone who can perceive me?
Or may
you stay
'til the breaking of the day?

I must leave and lock the door,
walk into the rainy night,
You who lived and died before,
tempt me not with words so bright,
I, who read your whims and rages,
in the rustling of pages,
must go
although
your sweet voice it lures me so.

If you love me leave me not,
what are we but words and wind?
I whose bones were left to rot,
You whose kiss was never sin,
Stay tonight and stay for always,
haunt the reading rooms, the hallways,
and we
will be
bound in death, forever, free.

[elleth]

Critical Role, Caduceus Clay, alone so long

[elleth]

DnD, female Eladrin Bard/female Half-Orc Cleric, peace

Re: Quiet comfort, Italian sonnet, The Old Guard, Joe/Nicky, Gen, POV Nicky

[the_leaky_pen]

gosh this is so gorgeous; i love how perfect this sonnet is for them!

Re: Quiet comfort, Italian sonnet, The Old Guard, Joe/Nicky, Gen, POV Nicky

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Thank you very much! Glad you liked it!

Re: Original Haiku

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you!

Re: Original Haiku

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you <3

Re: Original Haiku

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you!

Re: Original Haiku

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you!

Re: Original Haiku

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you <3

Re: Quiet comfort, Italian sonnet, The Old Guard, Joe/Nicky, Gen, POV Nicky

[firecat]

marvelous. "the spindle-legged threat"

Re: Quiet comfort, Italian sonnet, The Old Guard, Joe/Nicky, Gen, POV Nicky

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Thanks! Glad you liked that bit. I was thinking of bugs *staring contest with silverfish on the wall*

Re: FILL - Highku

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you!<3

I've fixed Alec's first name (oops) and posted a somewhat longer version here to reach drabble length: https://archiveofourown.org/works/30440268