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Snowflake Challenge 10: Create a Fanwork
Challenge #10
In your own space, create a fanwork. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
"Poetic Events"
Phil ambled into the kitchen
to find Clint and JARVIS
talking over breakfast.
Clint was curled over a bowl
of Froot Loops Marshmallow,
but someone -- probably JARVIS --
had talked him into a bowl of
actual fruit to go with it.
Phil picked up the cup of
coffee that JARVIS had
made for him, then scooped
crockpot oatmeal into a bowl
with a topping of mixed berries.
Clint was staring at his phone
as he ate, and JARVIS pitched
his voice to sound like he was
reading over Clint's shoulder.
"Java Jamboree is holding
a Coffee Hour Poetry Reading
at eleven," JARVIS said.
"Enh," said Clint. "I'm not
sure we'd get there in time.
That's pretty far from here --
and the Hip-Hop Meets Haiku
is clear over in Harlem."
"Going out today?" Phil said,
sitting down with his newspaper.
"That is the idea, if we can agree
on an event," JARVIS replied.
Steve came in, filled a mixing bowl
with oatmeal, then topped it with
half a cup of heavy cream, half a cup
of brown sugar, a cup of walnut halves,
a red and a green apple chopped,
and a whole slab of honeycomb.
"Poetry in the Park advertises
all ages and topics," said Clint.
"Oh, you like poetry?" Steve said,
perking up. "I like poetry too."
"It Includes small children,"
JARVIS pointed out.
"Right, maybe not then,"
said Clint. "Hey, there's a rave
tonight out back of that goth place,
which could get pretty trippy."
"What's a rave?" Steve asked.
"You two are not taking Steve
to a rave," Phil said without
looking up from his newspaper.
"Why not?" Steve said. "It
sounds like it might be fun."
"Sensory overload," said Phil.
"A rave is basically a loud, wild party
usually happening where it shouldn't."
"Oh," Steve said, and grimaced.
"Yeah, that might be a bit ... much."
His Starkphone thrummed, and
he pulled it out. "Thanks for
sharing the schedule, JARVIS."
"There's an open mike night
at Cocoa Cabana," said Clint.
"I hear that's pretty good."
"It sounds promising,"
JARVIS agreed.
Steve gave a happy yip.
"Dadaist poetry!" he said.
"I haven't heard that in years."
"You haven't heard anything
in years," Tony quipped as
he came in. He picked up
a tiny cup of coffee along
with a bowl of fruit salad.
"Don't tease Steve, he's
still trying to get back into
the swing of things," Phil said.
"What's dadaist poetry?"
Clint wondered.
"There's no telling,"
Steve said with a laugh.
"It could be anything --
free verse about activism,
guys yelling nonsense, or
someone swinging from
a chandelier while reading
classic poetry backwards."
"Aw yeah," Clint said. "Can
we do that one and open mike?"
"The dadaist event is in the afternoon
and the open mike in the evening,
so both should fit," JARVIS said.
"Steve, you are welcome to join us.
Would anyone else like to come?"
"Ugh, no," Tony said, rolling his eyes.
"The last time I went to a poetry event,
things got a bit ... over-pickled."
In his defense, he'd been dying
at the time, but Phil still hadn't
enjoyed cleaning up after that.
"I believe I'll come," Phil said.
"I could use some relaxation."
"Then it's a date," Clint said,
and JARVIS logged the schedule.
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Notes:
This poem belongs to the series Love Is For Children.
Kellogg’s Froot Loops Marshmallow is 48% sugar by weight. Clint has a sweet tooth, having grown up eating a lot of junk.
Crockpot Oatmeal works with many toppings.
Dadaism was an art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 20th century. New York Dada began around 1915, and after 1920 it flourished in Paris. The art of the movement spanned visual, literary, and sound media, including collage, sound poetry, cut-up writing, and sculpture. Dadaist artists expressed their discontent toward violence, war, and nationalism, and maintained political affinities with radical politics on the left-wing and far-left politics.
The Dadaist movement was famous for its chaotic poetry. You can explore Dadaist poetry with these famous poems. There are various ways to make your own.
In your own space, create a fanwork. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
"Poetic Events"
Phil ambled into the kitchen
to find Clint and JARVIS
talking over breakfast.
Clint was curled over a bowl
of Froot Loops Marshmallow,
but someone -- probably JARVIS --
had talked him into a bowl of
actual fruit to go with it.
Phil picked up the cup of
coffee that JARVIS had
made for him, then scooped
crockpot oatmeal into a bowl
with a topping of mixed berries.
Clint was staring at his phone
as he ate, and JARVIS pitched
his voice to sound like he was
reading over Clint's shoulder.
"Java Jamboree is holding
a Coffee Hour Poetry Reading
at eleven," JARVIS said.
"Enh," said Clint. "I'm not
sure we'd get there in time.
That's pretty far from here --
and the Hip-Hop Meets Haiku
is clear over in Harlem."
"Going out today?" Phil said,
sitting down with his newspaper.
"That is the idea, if we can agree
on an event," JARVIS replied.
Steve came in, filled a mixing bowl
with oatmeal, then topped it with
half a cup of heavy cream, half a cup
of brown sugar, a cup of walnut halves,
a red and a green apple chopped,
and a whole slab of honeycomb.
"Poetry in the Park advertises
all ages and topics," said Clint.
"Oh, you like poetry?" Steve said,
perking up. "I like poetry too."
"It Includes small children,"
JARVIS pointed out.
"Right, maybe not then,"
said Clint. "Hey, there's a rave
tonight out back of that goth place,
which could get pretty trippy."
"What's a rave?" Steve asked.
"You two are not taking Steve
to a rave," Phil said without
looking up from his newspaper.
"Why not?" Steve said. "It
sounds like it might be fun."
"Sensory overload," said Phil.
"A rave is basically a loud, wild party
usually happening where it shouldn't."
"Oh," Steve said, and grimaced.
"Yeah, that might be a bit ... much."
His Starkphone thrummed, and
he pulled it out. "Thanks for
sharing the schedule, JARVIS."
"There's an open mike night
at Cocoa Cabana," said Clint.
"I hear that's pretty good."
"It sounds promising,"
JARVIS agreed.
Steve gave a happy yip.
"Dadaist poetry!" he said.
"I haven't heard that in years."
"You haven't heard anything
in years," Tony quipped as
he came in. He picked up
a tiny cup of coffee along
with a bowl of fruit salad.
"Don't tease Steve, he's
still trying to get back into
the swing of things," Phil said.
"What's dadaist poetry?"
Clint wondered.
"There's no telling,"
Steve said with a laugh.
"It could be anything --
free verse about activism,
guys yelling nonsense, or
someone swinging from
a chandelier while reading
classic poetry backwards."
"Aw yeah," Clint said. "Can
we do that one and open mike?"
"The dadaist event is in the afternoon
and the open mike in the evening,
so both should fit," JARVIS said.
"Steve, you are welcome to join us.
Would anyone else like to come?"
"Ugh, no," Tony said, rolling his eyes.
"The last time I went to a poetry event,
things got a bit ... over-pickled."
In his defense, he'd been dying
at the time, but Phil still hadn't
enjoyed cleaning up after that.
"I believe I'll come," Phil said.
"I could use some relaxation."
"Then it's a date," Clint said,
and JARVIS logged the schedule.
* * *
Notes:
This poem belongs to the series Love Is For Children.
Kellogg’s Froot Loops Marshmallow is 48% sugar by weight. Clint has a sweet tooth, having grown up eating a lot of junk.
Crockpot Oatmeal works with many toppings.
Dadaism was an art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 20th century. New York Dada began around 1915, and after 1920 it flourished in Paris. The art of the movement spanned visual, literary, and sound media, including collage, sound poetry, cut-up writing, and sculpture. Dadaist artists expressed their discontent toward violence, war, and nationalism, and maintained political affinities with radical politics on the left-wing and far-left politics.
The Dadaist movement was famous for its chaotic poetry. You can explore Dadaist poetry with these famous poems. There are various ways to make your own.
*clapping for excellent domestic fluff feels*
Also: now I want some Froot Loops, lol
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>> I like the "classics read backwards" thing in theory but in practice, I have auditory processing issues that make that kind of thing indecipherable gibberish just as much as the screamed noises.<<
Yeah, that's the point. I've always suspected that this version was developed by and/or for a Dadaist who had a hard time with the improv stuff but could read a line backwards. That would make it possible to grab any random volume of classic poetry and participate in open mike.
>> Also: now I want some Froot Loops, lol <<
I like the damn things too. Occasionally we buy one of those box lots of mini-cereals as a road munchie. Froot Loops, Applejacks, Honey Smacks, Corn Pops, Honey Nut Cheerios, they're all good right out of the box. They provide energy and have some fake vitamins added. But I don't care for them as breakfast cereals.
Of course, then I looked at the cereals over in my original superhero setting Terramagne. They have a lot more healthy ones than here. Wild rice cereals, acorn cereals, even one sweetened with birch syrup. But the geek feed, OMFG. Blue cereals, green ones made from seaweed, caffeinated cereals ... O_O At least their Crazy Sugar Crumbs are truth in advertising.
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Now that's a Shark Tank idea if I've ever heard one.
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A few examples:
Happy Panda -- a cold cereal made of white rice chex with white tea powder, and black sesame balls with black tea powder. This is a caffeinated breakfast cereal.
Mocha Morning -- a cold cereal made from brown rice balls with cacao powder and coffee powder, plus hazelnut halves. This is a caffeinated breakfast cereal that is also high in sugar.
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Sencha Sunrise -- a cold cereal made from white rice chex and sencha green tea powder. This is a caffeinated breakfast cereal.
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I'm happy to hear that.
>>I did not know that Dadaism had a poetry movement.<<
It's probably the biggest branch of nonsense poetry, and one of the bigger branches of word art / sound art.
>> Now I need to investigate. You are always full of interesting things.<<
Yay! :D I realized that I forgot to include links to actual examples or instructions, so I updated the references accordingly.
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Back when I was designing coursework for adult remedial education in prison, I used to pair Cecil Taylor's very ivory-tower poems with prosaic ghetto poetry to demonstrate that black people could write the whole range. Most of the students had never seen anything like that, and had no idea that black people could write poetry at all.
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He's one of my favorites too. I also showed them Hispanic poetry -- lots of the guys were Hispanic too -- and some Native American stuff. Every semester, one or two of them would just catch fire with it. I still count this as one of the most seditious things I've done in this life. Nothing scares the shit out of white people like a black man with a book in his hands.
>> I don't have the words for that kind of ignorance. <<
Sometimes it's ignorance, but behind that is usually prejudice and malice. Somebody decides what gets put in front of students, and outside of Black Heritage Month, it's almost never anything by authors of color. :/
>> Unfortunately it's just going to get worse. THere's a Central Florida high school that had an AP Black History class designed that they can no longer teach, because our idiot Governor got a crazy law passed about what can be taught in schools. Teachers are even removing their in class libraries from their class rooms to avoid getting in trouble. It's getting worse and worse. That man is scary and has designs on the White House.<<
Yeah, that's a problem. Florida also wants to pretend that QUILTBAG people don't exist. All that does is run up the suicide rate -- which is exactly their goal. People like that deserve to have their kids run off to San Franciso and leave the parents to molder in a nursing home in a hurricane zone.
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I would expect those to go up.
>> It's even worse for Trans youth, specifically. The state is trying to stop parents from treating their Trans children. That state is saying that treating them is child abuse. WTF?<<
Well, they want trans people not to exist. This will drive away some, including those lucky enough to have parents who love them and are willing and able to move to a safer state. I would expect the suicide rate to go up here also, as it is already astronomically high.
Florida isn't the only state doing things like this. Others are too. America is just generally abusive by now. They will, eventually, realize why they are making a lot of poor life choices. But by then it will be too late to fix a lot of the problems they are creating.
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JARVIS pointed out.<<
What's the problem with small children?
Also, is the I in 'includes supposed to be capitilized here?'
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Thoughts
It's a good mix of proteins, fat, and carbs.
>> my crockpot oatmeal, tried only once some time back, turned out too mushy, <<
What kind of oats did you use? Instant or quick oats don't work with any long-cooking method. For crockpot or overnight oats, you need either old-fashioned rolled oats or steel-cut oats. Those take longer to cook and their texture stands up better. You can also do this with muesli that has whole rolled or steel-cut grains, nuts, and dried fruit.
>> but the toppings sound yummy on regular oatmeal.<<
Yes, they are. I usually make about half muesli, half quick oats but if I have fresh berries sometimes I use those instead. I like brown sugar and apple pie spice in mine. Maple can be good too. Click the toppings link in the notes if you want more inspiration.
>> Is Steve chowing down because of an event in Endgame or something else? *resists urge to IMDB the film* <<
No. That movie is not part of this series.
This is how Steve normally eats, now that the Avengers have mostly coaxed him away from shorting himself due to a lifetime of poverty. He's still trying to figure out exactly what he needs, because his new improved body sadly did not come with an instruction manual. Steve needs about four times the calories that an ordinary person would, and that's based on the high end of the scale for a very active young man such as a soldier. He burns calories like crazy when he's training, let alone in the field. When he get injured, which is frequently, then he burns additional nutrients like crazy too -- calcium, magnesium, iron, all the usual build/repair components.
Love it! Love it! Love it!
This series has helped me deal with my emotions and issues, and it's a balm on stressful days.
I love how you portray Bruce-and-Hulk, and you inspired me to try to write a Bruce-and-Hulk AU of my own.
Thanks to you I discovered a new admiration for paperwork and organization, and I really really want an Uncle Phil!
JARVIS and Clint are my two other MCU favourites and you portray them beautifully.
Another character that I love is Loki and the fact that he's genderfluid is just a bonus.
I won't ask for info about when you plan to post more narrative, because I know that it takes time that is better spent on paying projects, but I admit that, if you ever will publish it, I will gladly read the "Bruce and Hulk sort their relationship out" and the "Thor and Loki (re-)join the Avengers" stories.
In the meantime, I will devour everything on your website and if I manage to get a job I will surely buy something.
I like poetry, but I prefer prose. Your poems are so clear though, it's like (excuse my heresy) reading a story with the phrases shaped a bit differently.
I grew up on the great italian poets, and I'm very curious about your "Fiorenza the Wisewoman" series (other than "Polichrome Heroics" and "Schrodinger's Hulk", because 1) superheroes! 2) I read some of Terramagne's worldbuilding and I LOVE IT!)
On this poem, I really, really want to do universe hopping and go to a poetry reading with them.
I also really liked the previous one: I feel a bit like Clint, because I too prefer poems with a lot of rhymes. One of my main reason for wanting to learn sign language is finally understanding sign language poetry!
Thank you for this wonderful series!
Now I'll go read the rest of the stories, because the "chronological order" list isn't finished yet!
P.S. Sorry for any mistakes... My first language is Italian.
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>>This series has helped me deal with my emotions and issues, and it's a balm on stressful days.<<
I'm so happy to hear that. A lot of people read it for those reasons.
>>I love how you portray Bruce-and-Hulk, and you inspired me to try to write a Bruce-and-Hulk AU of my own.<<
Yay!
>> Thanks to you I discovered a new admiration for paperwork and organization, <<
I'm happy to hear that. Good paperwork is a godsend, bad paperwork is hell on Earth. Fucking Byzantines. >_< I figure if more people understand how it's supposed to work, and the costs of poor design, maybe they'll be more willing to invest in getting it right.
>> and I really really want an Uncle Phil!<<
A popular sentiment. :D A lot of my fans problem-solve with "What would Uncle Phil do?"
>> JARVIS and Clint are my two other MCU favourites and you portray them beautifully.<<
*glee*
>>Another character that I love is Loki and the fact that he's genderfluid is just a bonus.<<
That's canon per mythology, and Marvel has flirted with it now and again.
>>I won't ask for info about when you plan to post more narrative, because I know that it takes time that is better spent on paying projects, but I admit that, if you ever will publish it, I will gladly read the "Bruce and Hulk sort their relationship out" and the "Thor and Loki (re-)join the Avengers" stories.<<
I would love to write more fiction, and I do have story notes. I just rarely have time.
Oh wait, here's the last story I posted: "The Tie-Dye Tiger." It's not fanfic, exactly, but it sounds like the Just-So Stories. On marijuana.
>> In the meantime, I will devour everything on your website and if I manage to get a job I will surely buy something.<<
Watch for the mid-month sales. There is usually a pool where folks can chip in whatever they have, and it knocks the half-price down to quarter-price.
>> I like poetry, but I prefer prose. Your poems are so clear though, it's like (excuse my heresy) reading a story with the phrases shaped a bit differently.<<
I write mostly narrative poetry in free verse, and a little form poetry. So yes, it looks a lot like prose with extra line breaks. The poetic devices I use in this area are mostly things like alliteration, assonance, imagery, etc. That much would be heavy-handed in prose but works fine in free verse.
>> I grew up on the great italian poets, and I'm very curious about your "Fiorenza the Wisewoman" series <<
I have put multiple sonnets in there, a few other forms, and a whole bunch of Italian fairy tales and folklore. The newest one, "Like a Flower," is a sexy canzonetta but that's at the end of the current timeline. I hope my handling of Italian motifs and literature stands up to someone with your experience. I've had a handful of Italian fans so I'm hopeful.
>> (other than "Polichrome Heroics" and "Schrodinger's Hulk", because 1) superheroes! 2) I read some of Terramagne's worldbuilding and I LOVE IT!) <<
Yay! :D
I do worldbuilding from the core out. I write fanfic as derive in, extrapolate out. So there's a parallel there.
I have a ton of notes for Terramagne, some of which I've published, some not. If you look at the bottom of the series page, you'll find links to a lot of that stuff. I don't know if you found the worldbuilding class poem yet, but I wrote that because I'd seen several characters reference that type of class and I wanted to catch one in action. I got the whole instructions and the notes for a world in progress.
>> On this poem, I really, really want to do universe hopping and go to a poetry reading with them.<<
I doubt anyone realizes what a good reading voice Steve has. ;) That Clint is entirely prepared to hang from the ceiling for dadaist poetry is no surprise though.
>> I also really liked the previous one: I feel a bit like Clint, because I too prefer poems with a lot of rhymes.<<
I do have some form poems. If you're into rhymes, you can request such a form during any prompt call -- forms are always legit prompts, I can mix them with something thematic from another prompter, or off my current bingo card. If you like dragons, check out A Conflagration of Dragons. Each of the Six Races has its own form of poetry, and several of those rhyme. Oh, and the worldbuilding is hardcore; I constructed all six races from scratch to avoid the elves/dwarves/men repetition.
>> One of my main reason for wanting to learn sign language is finally understanding sign language poetry! <<
It's very beautiful. Much of it depends on rhythm, another part on expressive signing -- like drawing out parts of a sign -- and the rhyme part comes from repeated shapes that are like the phonemes in somatic languages.
>>Thank you for this wonderful series!<<
*bow, flourish* Happy to be of service.
>> Now I'll go read the rest of the stories, because the "chronological order" list isn't finished yet! <<
Gah. I try to keep everything organized, but I am better at writing than at recordkeeping.
>> P.S. Sorry for any mistakes... My first language is Italian.<<
It's fine.
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That's definitely something I'm going to try! :D
>> Watch for the mid-month sales. There is usually a pool where folks can chip in whatever they have, and it knocks the half-price down to quarter-price.
Thank you! I will, especially near birthdays and holidays...
>> I hope my handling of Italian motifs and literature stands up to someone with your experience. I've had a handful of Italian fans so I'm hopeful.
Don't worry! The only thing that bugs me in fanfiction is when the Italian is wrong (like when Tony talks to Peter in those IronDad/SpiderSon stories... ¾ of it is wrong in some way or another!), but I know how meticolous you are with your research!
>> I don't know if you found the worldbuilding class poem yet,
>> I got the whole instructions and the notes for a world in progress.
I love worldbuilding in general, and yours in particular. This poem seems very interesting, thank you!
>> If you like dragons, check out A Conflagration of Dragons. Each of the Six Races has its own form of poetry, and several of those rhyme. Oh, and the worldbuilding is hardcore; I constructed all six races from scratch to avoid the elves/dwarves/men repetition.
Fantasy, worldbuilding and rhymes? Seems right up my alley!
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Yay! For reference, the 2022 Holiday Poetry Sale racked up over 30 new poems sponsored.
>>Don't worry! The only thing that bugs me in fanfiction is when the Italian is wrong (like when Tony talks to Peter in those IronDad/SpiderSon stories... ¾ of it is wrong in some way or another!), but I know how meticolous you are with your research!<<
Most of the actual Italian comes from sayings or occasionally slang. But if I need to build actual dialog, I have to rely on free translation services. I triangulate with those and hope I get something that is legible.
One time, I had a fan translate to Classic Attic Greek from the modern Greek I'd gotten from Google, as appropriate to the poem. I love my audience. :D
>>I love worldbuilding in general, and yours in particular. This poem seems very interesting, thank you! <<
See "Build with the Mind" and its copious notes. Prior to that, I had several characters who'd taken classes like this and it was their descriptions, appearing in character sheets, that made me want to flesh it out more. Because I'm a huge worldbuilding fan.
>>Fantasy, worldbuilding and rhymes? Seems right up my alley!<<
Yay! I've posted some of the worldbuilding notes, not all of them, but you can get an idea of how I put things together.