minutia_r | Multifandom Poetry Fest 2021

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:

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.

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Any, any, first sign of spring

Through thick snow, petals:
Soil's parting gift to winter.
Crocuses in bloom.

Lovely.

Thank you!

I love this image <3

Thank you <3

Oh that's so lovely! Very evocative

I like that a lot!

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

Dear, you are the first sign of spring
Toll the bells to awaken me
In the shine of your wedding rings
Alive for all the world to see
Finally I am to be free
Gone the days of musical towers
of evil men with magic powers
There will be only sunny days
And not a single day with showers
My mind is no longer a maze

the first sign of spring, the first sign of spring
hear the first cuckoo sing, hear the first one sing
like bells, the birds ring, like church bells, they ring
a new song to sing, a new everything

hear the first cuckoo sing, hear the first one sing,
the hive comes alive, goodbye winter’s sting
a new song to sing, a new everything
hark the new chorus of honeybee’s wing

the hive comes alive, goodbye winter’s sting,
there’s crocus to kiss, sweet nectar to bring,
hark the new chorus of honeybee’s wing
in the breeze, buds swing, the bright bluebells swing

there’s crocus to kiss, sweet nectar to bring
as blossom motes cling to legs thin as string
in the breeze, buds swing, the bright bluebells swing
‘pon soft arrow’s fling, the wild perfumes wring

as blossom motes cling to legs thin as string
like bells, the birds ring, like church bells, they ring
‘pon soft arrow’s fling, the wild perfumes wring
the first sign of spring, the first sign of spring

Oh, lovely! What a wild profusion of rhymes.

Thanks!

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First Sign of Spring, Charlie Bone Universe, Amy Bone/Lyell Bone

Pantoum, Original Work, The first sign of spring

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