Multifandom Poetry Fest 2024

[minutia_r]

Welcome to the eighth 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 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.

Comments

Re: Scars-intended asThe Originals but could be any fandom w/ immortal/magical healing character

[minutia_r]

Ah, this is chilling and intriguing.

[minutia_r]

I like the wavy effect! The fragmented lines are like light breaking up underwater.

[minutia_r]

Ah, this is painful (complimentary)

[minutia_r]

Girl Genius, any, the madness place

[minutia_r]

Queen's Thief, any, legacy

[minutia_r]

Critical Role, Laudna & Delilah, love and loss

[(Anonymous)]

Any Disney princess fandom, any f/f, love poem

[(Anonymous)]

Any, Any, yearning

[(Anonymous)]

Any Ghibli film, any, "Ring the bells that still can ring. / Forget your perfect offering. / There is a crack, a crack in everything. / That's how the light gets in."

[(Anonymous)]

The way this poem ebbs and flows (both literally and figuratively), is so good! It takes the reader on the same journey Sarah went through. 🥺

[(Anonymous)]

"And everywhere I walk/water fills my lungs" -- LOVE this line, it's so striking and gut-punching! The lines "You made me to be your death/And I will be." and "And you will be lost beneath the waves,/Forgotten." similarly hit so powerfully!

[(Anonymous)]

Any fandom (or original work) with a dog, any, poem written from a dog's perspective

[minutia_r]

Oh gosh, thank you! <3

[lumiosecity]

Painful (complimentary) is one of the best compliments I could ask for on this piece, thank you!

Re: Scars-intended asThe Originals but could be any fandom w/ immortal/magical healing character

[dariaw]

<3 <3

[ilthit]

Dry hot wind
picks up sparks, bright against the night
A warm trickle down a boy's wrist

(Low heat that pulses through the earth
In the crack between the worlds)

A cool dewy spring on the mountain
prickles the skin

(but that wrist still itches;
even willow can only bend so far)

Love is a thing of wet places
for one reformed of ashes

like mud on the shore of an icy river.

[minutia_r]

Oooh. I'll be honest, I'm not sure I'm getting all the references, but I love the implication that something of Shen Jiu survives in SY!SQQ, as well as the reference to LBH at the end <3

"To Say Nothing of the Dog" by Connie Willis, Cyril to Princess Arjumand, post-canon(ish)

[primeideal]

Thy namesake's death near-drowned her love in grief
So he enshrined her in a marble tomb
Whose florid towers beggar all belief,
Engravings intricate in every room.

But you, O nine-lived Princess, can't be quenched
By far-flung journeys, not through time nor space.
However chastised, scared, bedraggled, drenched
You land upon your paws, with haughty face.

What though your human takes another name,
Changes one continent for distant shores?
Your proud demeanor shall remain the same:
You'll pounce, and preen, and strut upon all fours.

Foes at first sight, we'll face whatever comes
In untold futures as the best of chums.

Re: "To Say Nothing of the Dog" by Connie Willis, Cyril to Princess Arjumand, post-canon(ish)

[(Anonymous)]

This is SO delightful, oh my gosh!!

BLOWN AWAY by the epic, elegant, and darker tones coupled with such adorable imagery and uplifting moments. It's so full of heart-racing adventure and whimsy!

The first verse, "Thy namesake's death near-drowned her love in grief / So he enshrined her in a marble tomb" especially, is stunning, your wording is gorgeous!

"But you, O nine-lived Princess, can't be quenched
By far-flung journeys, not through time nor space.
However chastised, scared, bedraggled, drenched
You land upon your paws, with haughty face."

and

"Your proud demeanor shall remain the same:
You'll pounce, and preen, and strut upon all fours."

Had me clapping, it's soooooo cute, and so well-written!! I am FULL of glee, what an excellent poem, you're incredible!! Thank you so much for writing and sharing this!

[dariaw]

this is terrific!

[lumiosecity]

thank you so much!

Disney Princesses, Tiana/Ariel

[minutia_r]

My baby's sweet as honey from the hive
Thick on my tongue like honey from the hive
Her loving makes me know that I'm alive

My baby's got that chili pepper heat
All night long, that chili pepper heat
From flaming hair down to her dancing feet

My baby's kisses sting like alcohol
On my lips, sweet burn of alcohol
Yeah, in her arms I feel no pain at all

My baby's tears are salty as the sea
When she cries, she's salty as the sea
That's when I'm scared she'll swim away from me

Baby, come on back, you taste so good
When you're gone, I don't want other food

(fun fact, the very first fic I posted to AO3, about 14 years ago now, was a Tiana/Ariel fic. Thank you for inspiring me to revisit this pairing!)

Re: "To Say Nothing of the Dog" by Connie Willis, Cyril to Princess Arjumand, post-canon(ish)

[minutia_r]

Awwwww, I love cat & dog friendships, metaphorical or indeed literal

Re: "To Say Nothing of the Dog" by Connie Willis, Cyril to Princess Arjumand, post-canon(ish)

[primeideal]

:D :D You are very welcome, thank you so much for the kind words!

[primeideal]

Anathem, any, "I wondered what a poem would read like, written by one who saw the Precipice as I did now, knowing what I knew" [about the Three Inviolates].