The following poems from the March 17, 2026 Poetry Fishbowl are currently available. Poems may be sponsored via PayPal -- there's a permanent donation button on my Dreamwidth profile page -- or you can write to me and discuss other methods. There are still verses left in the linkback poems "Delight in Another," "A Sense of Weather Changes," "Ouroboros Insects," "The Loving Embrace of Night," "Generations of Cooks Past," "Homefree and Clear, " "One Bite at a Time," "Stars and Diamonds," "Mishpocha," "Changing Your Nature," and "Besa." "Our Homemade Safety Nets"Story Date: 2016-2017
Summary: Blainn never intended to stay in Mercedes -- or anywhere -- but it has turned out better than he expected.
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Blainn had never intended
to stick around in Mercedes --
or anywhere, really -- but
one thing led to another."Pearls of Wisdom"Story Date: Saturday, October 4, 2014
Summary: Pips and Walden are struggling to get together, until a new friends lends a hand.
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Pips sat on the edge of a terrace
at Stairgrange Park, trying and
failing to pull himself together."A Proper Community Is a Commonwealth"Story Date: Mid-February, 2016
Summary: Boss Blaster watches Pressnall Pocket Neighborhood go from a site plan to a community with new residents.
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Boss Blaster enjoyed
watching the progress of
Pressnall Pocket Neighborhood."The Sisters Grimké"Story Date: late 1700s to mid-1800s
Summary: Sarah and Angelina Grimke were Quakers, abolitionists, and feminists who rocked a lot of boats.
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Sarah Moore Grimké was born in 1792, and
her sister Angelina Emily Grimké in 1805.
The girls grew up on a plantation in
South Carolina, where their father
Judge John Faucheraud Grimké
owned hundreds of slaves.