minutia_r | Multifandom Poetry Fest 2023

Welcome to the seventh 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 prompt 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: Are the fills I write considered to be gifts to the prompter?

A: Only if you and the prompter want them to be! Otherwise feel free to treat the prompt simply as inspiration.

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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

(hello yes I saw this neatly baited hook and I am biting)

From Hero to Villain(elle)

I left my cape behind, my life to gain
(I promised "birth to death" - it was a lie)
for with great power comes the greatest pain

No guilded, gleaming children can complain
enshrined in gold on pedestals so high
I left my cape behind, my life to gain

My world became an echoing refrain
"be better, best, no step can go awry"
and with great power comes the greatest pain

So I with lightning scorching through my veins
went groundward, sought my refuge from the sky
I left my cape behind, my life to gain

Authority will call my acts profane
a spark, once lit, must always amplify
but with great power comes the greatest pain

The golden child is crumpled, broken, slain
for me to live, my old self had to die
I left my cape behind, my life to gain
For with great power comes the greatest pain

Edited 2023-07-13 16:35 (UTC)

(mwahaha you have fallen into my evil trap >:D)

Awwww, Connor, I'm glad there are better things coming in his future

Love it! One, um, call it a nitpick if you want: It's "gilded", not "guilded". Historically related to "gold".

Dr. Whom: Consulting Linguist, Grammarian, Orthoëpist, and Philological Busybody,
Editor and Proofreader

(It's a pun, because there's a superhero's guild in the story)

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it! And yes, I see Minutia beat me to it, but the misspelling was intentional - in the story this is based on, there is a guild of superheroes that this character is fleeing.

*sigh* and dreamwidth logged me out...this comment was from me haha.

MASTERFUL vilanelle, holy crap. I am in awe

Multifandom Poetry Fest 2023

A Fire Within (original superhero story), Livewire | Connor | ReVolt

Re: A Fire Within (original superhero story), Livewire | Connor | ReVolt

Re: A Fire Within (original superhero story), Livewire | Connor | ReVolt

Re: A Fire Within (original superhero story), Livewire | Connor | ReVolt

Re: A Fire Within (original superhero story), Livewire | Connor | ReVolt

Re: A Fire Within (original superhero story), Livewire | Connor | ReVolt

Re: A Fire Within (original superhero story), Livewire | Connor | ReVolt