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

[lonelylord]

Original Work, Wizard/Knight, spellbound

[minutia_r]

I catch a knight within my net
Of winding words and spinning sounds
Her struggles bind her straiter yet
My wily will wraps her around

To winding words and spinning sounds
Sharpened steel has no reply
When wily will wraps me around,
Yielding, we see eye to eye

Sharpened steel is no reply
Her own words make her power ebb,
Yielding, we see eye to eye
This wizard wrapped within my web

[lonelylord]

I love the shift in the poem. This is absolutely wonderful! Thank you!

[minutia_r]

Thank you, I'm glad you like it! <3

[hamsterwoman]

Ooh, I like how the poem turns right at "reply" and then sort of wraps around on itself, and the way the repeated lines interweave between the stanzas, like the web/net -- what a neat choice of structure!

[minutia_r]

Thank you! It's based off a pantoum but the strict pantoum structure didn't do exactly what I wanted, so I tweaked it a bit.

[hamsterwoman]

Oh, neat! I see the pantoum bones now that you've pointed it out :)

[the_leaky_pen]

ohhhhh this is so fun! I really love the structural choices you've made here, and all the images of magic and steel - and the shift halfway through as to who is caught within the net... perfection

[minutia_r]

Oh gosh, thank you! It was fun to figure out and write, too.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

I echo the praise for the shift in tone.

[minutia_r]

Thank you! <3