I am bound to these shores, I'll be bound till the end

[sovay]

My poem "Reap the Rules" has been accepted by Reckoning. It is my first sale to the journal; it is a particular honor that it was selected for the conflict-themed special issue It Was Paradise. I wrote it last summer after the U.S. strikes on Iran. It is a prayer dedicated in cuneiform to the oldest goddess I know in that region. The title is a mondegreen from Johnny Flynn and Robert Macfarlane's "Coins for the Eyes" (2022) which was about all I listened to while writing. Curse tablets do not seem to be going out of fashion any time soon.

I feel as though I remember to check out Festivids even less reliably than Yuletide, but this year has been a bonanza of which my socks-blown-off favorites look like "There Is No Ship" (Steerswoman), "ASSHOLE" (Looney Tunes), "Queen Bitch Cartagia" (Babylon 5), and "So It Goes" (Foundation). Honorable mentions to "It's a Sin" (Murderbot) even though I can't separate that song from Derek Jarman and "Hard Knock Life" (The Canopener Bridge) for introducing me to its fandom and perfectly illustrating the concept of storrowing.

My sleep has gone extraordinarily off the rails, but the snow in our back yard is criss-crossed with rabbit tracks. Hestia has broken three of the slats in my blinds in order to provide herself with a better view on Bird Theater.

Comments

[asakiyume]

Aaaaaahhhhh, congratulations on the acceptance to Recking! I'd love to appear in its pages, but so far no luck. (And I love "Coins for the Eyes.")

Will check out the videos; they look promising!

[sovay]

Aaaaaahhhhh, congratulations on the acceptance to Reckoning! I'd love to appear in its pages, but so far no luck. (And I love "Coins for the Eyes.")

Thank you! I would love for you to be published there. It took me seven tries including the one withdrawal.

Will check out the videos; they look promising!

There are three for Babylon 5 alone! It's good stuff.

[asakiyume]

So far I'm liking the songs a lot in the ones you highlighted (*always* loved "It's a Sin," but I think I'm going to have to get "There Is No Ship" and "So It Goes.")

[sovay]

So far I'm liking the songs a lot in the ones you highlighted (*always* loved "It's a Sin," but I think I'm going to have to get "There Is No Ship" and "So It Goes.")

I'm so glad! "There Is No Ship" was new to me and went straight on repeat. The Tolkien allusion makes me associate it with holding to this world over the summer country, which feels particularly important at present. "Hey Ho" has actually been my favorite song from Tracy Grammer's Flower of Avalon (2005) since the album came out and I was delighted by all the ways the show was put into it.

[asakiyume]

Yes, me too with Tolkien!

"Hey Ho" is alllmost too dark for me given how dark the world is now, but the sense of opposition the melody and singing have toward the lyrics make it a winner (but whoa to the whoa-th power, seeing all those images from Foundation in quick juxtaposition, that was a blow to the chest.)

[sovay]

"Hey Ho" is alllmost too dark for me given how dark the world is now, but the sense of opposition the melody and singing have toward the lyrics make it a winner (but whoa to the whoa-th power, seeing all those images from Foundation in quick juxtaposition, that was a blow to the chest.)

Understood. Hearing it as a protest song of the Iraq War, which the timing made it whether it had been written as such or not, held a lot of force for me.

[princessofgeeks]

OMG that Steerswoman vid was remarkable. Thank you so much for the link.

[sovay]

OMG that Steerswoman vid was remarkable. Thank you so much for the link.

You're welcome. That one stunned me. Its creator should just be given the budget to hire Saoirse Ronan and Laura Donnelly.

[tommx]

My poem "Reap the Rules" has been accepted by Reckoning. It is my first sale to the journal; it is a particular honor that it was selected for the conflict-themed special issue It Was Paradise.

Congratulations! That's fantastic. Let us know when the issue is available to read.

[sovay]

Congratulations! That's fantastic. Let us know when the issue is available to read.

Thank you! I very happily will!

[foxmoth]

Congrats on the poem!

[sovay]

Congrats on the poem!

Thank you!

[sartorias]

Congratulations!

[sovay]

Congratulations!

Thank you!

[starlady]

That Steerswoman vid is so good, isn't it? And the song too--I was not expecting a Tolkien reference to spiral out like that.

[sovay]

That Steerswoman vid is so good, isn't it? And the song too--I was not expecting a Tolkien reference to spiral out like that.

Yes. I love the whole thing.

rabbits

[lauradi7dw]

My screen porch door is stuck open. This has been true since summer. I can't get it to budge and don't want to pay a handyperson to do what is probably a one-minute job. At any rate, some snow manages to blow through the screens onto the porch floor. I have rabbit tracks on the porch. That means they had to climb the steps to get there. I don't have any surveillance equipment, so I have to imagine the technique.

Having now typed "rabbits," I have to link to a short thing from 2020 (?) by Leslie Jordan (gone too soon).
https://youtube.com/shorts/WWIA2MjCrpg?si=NE8r3VDxHg54YNAZ

Re: rabbits

[sovay]

At any rate, some snow manages to blow through the screens onto the porch floor. I have rabbit tracks on the porch. That means they had to climb the steps to get there. I don't have any surveillance equipment, so I have to imagine the technique.

I think that's wonderful, honestly.

[gwynnega]

Congratulations on the poetry sale!

[sovay]

Congratulations on the poetry sale!

Thank you!

[thisbluespirit]

Oh, congratulations on the poem!

( :-( *hugs* as ever for the rest; argh)

And so glad festivids is awesome! I hope I will get to watch a few of the vids myself at some point. <3

[sovay]

Oh, congratulations on the poem!

Thank you!

*hugs*

And so glad festivids is awesome! I hope I will get to watch a few of the vids myself at some point.

Whenever you get to them, enjoy!