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Creator Name: [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith
Fandoms: Tripping into the Future, One God's Story of Mid-Life Crisis, Polychrome Heroics, Clay of Life, stand-alone
Prompts: Memory, Acceptance, Sketch / Draw, Storytelling, Dark


The following poem belongs to the series Tripping into the Future, which you can find via my Serial Poetry page. This is dark science fiction about one person who uses time travel as a weapon, and now has to live alone with the aftermath. Themes include loss, destruction, sacrifice, and survival.

Title: "Always Like Itself"
Fandom: Tripping into the Future
Prompt: Memory
Medium: Poetry
Size: 284 words
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Past lost of everyone and everything, depression.
Summary/Preview: Memories of past love provide comfort in a bleak present.
Notes: This poem is written in second person, and introduces a hopeful note into what has otherwise been a pretty dark series.

The following poem belongs to my series One God's Story of Mid-Life Crisis. Shaeth abdicates his position as God of Evil and becomes the God of Drunks. This series is fantasy dealing with themes of morality, personal growth, addiction and recovery, family of choice, and slightly warped humor.

Title: "Unfamiliar Feelings"
Fandom: One God's Story of Mid-Life Crisis
Prompt: Acceptance
Medium: Poetry
Size: 495 words
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Emotional distress, confusion.
Summary/Preview: Shaeth struggles to cope with new affections for people he knows.
Notes: Use of alcohol as a metaphor for different kinds of love.

The next poem belongs to my series Polychrome Heroics. This is a superhero setting with a variety of focal characters. The primary one is a plural person collectively called Damask, with different powers depending on who's in control at the time. Themes include diversity of sexuality, gender, ethnicity, and ableness; intrapersonal, interpersonal, and social dynamics; and different types of heroism.

Title: "Drawing Me Out"
Fandom: Polychrome Heroics
Prompt: Sketch / Draw
Medium: Poetry
Size: 580 words
Rating: PG
Warnings: Awkward emotions and relationships.
Summary/Preview: Clement takes refuge in a library during a storm. Dace is there with his sketchbook. Clement feels unsure how to respond to Dace, because Clement is homoromantic asexual and he doesn't know Dace's orientation.
Notes: This is the first poem in the series about Damask where a single headmate holds the entire poem.

The following poem belongs to my series Clay of Life, which you can discover at the Serial Poetry page. Menachem the blacksmith and Yossele the golem travel through central Europe plying their trade. Themes include Jewish culture, spirituality, friendship, and honest work.

Title: "As One of Your Countrymen"
Fandom: Clay of Life
Prompt: Storytelling
Medium: Poetry
Size: 784 words
Rating: PG
Warnings: Assorted discrimination.
Summary/Preview: Menachem teaches Yossele about many kinds of love.
Notes: This poem uses Hebrew vocabulary to frame the plot.

Title: "No-Good Lovers"
Fandom: stand-alone
Prompt: Dark
Medium: Poetry
Size: 219 words
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Bad relationship
Summary/Preview: Money is like a toxic relationship.
Notes: This poem uses an extended metaphor to explore finance.
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