Fledgling Grace
The roots of this series appeared during the September 2012 Crowdfunding Creative Jam with a prompt from DW user jjhunter about how, in a world where people had wings, somebody would be providing professional care for them. "The Wingdresser's Kitchen" takes place some time after people have suddenly acquired wings.
Then the October 2-3, 2012 Poetry Fishbowl had a theme of "Horror: Demons." That inspired several more poems with wings, feathers, and grace. Some of the characters are different, the styles are different, but something about the underlying tembre resonates the same way. So
I've collected these into a series.
Details on sponsoring available poems appear atop the main Serial Poetry page.
"Wild Hearts Can't Be Spoken" 10-2-12
Prompted by LJ user natasiakith and Hurt/Comfort Bingo Card 9-30-12
Sponsored by LJ user rix_scaedu
"What He Sees in Them" 2-12-13 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by Dark Fantasy Bingo Card 12-2-12
Free perk
"Infernal Passion" 2-12-13 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by Dark Fantasy Bingo Card 12-2-12
Free perk
"Full of Grace" 12-3-13
Prompted by LJ user aldersprig and Origfic Bingo Card 11-26-13
Free perk
"Moulting" 10-2-12
Prompted by LJ user siege and Cottoncandy Bingo Card 10-1-12
Sponsored by LJ user janetmiles
"After the Departure" 10-2-12
Prompted by LJ users siege and ellenmillion (see her "Fallen Angel" picture)
Sponsored by Shirley Barrette
"The Honeytrap" 2-12-13 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by DW users siliconshaman and sylvaine
Sponsored by DW user elliemurasaki and general fund
"The Fledging" 11-18-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by Hurt/Comfort Bingo Card 9-30-12
Sponsored by Shirley Barrette
"The Invisible Things of Him" 11-24-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by LJ user siege
Sponsored by LJ user kestrels_nest
"Lawless, Winged, and Unconfined" 2-6-14 (fishbowl spillover)
Prompted by Sylvaine, LJ users aldersprig, the_vulture, rix_scaedu, and Cotton Candy Bingo Card 2-1-14
Free perk
"Like the Two Wings of a Bird" 4-1-14
Prompted by DW user chanter_greenie and Cottoncandy Bingo Card 3-30-14
Sponsored by chanter_greenie
"Shouldermates" 12-3-13
Prompted by LJ user ellenmillion and Hurt/Comfort Bingo Card 8-12-13
Sponsored by LJ user catsittingstill
"Merlin's Return" 11-18-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompt by kestrels_nest
Sponsored by Shirley Barrette
"The Black and the Red" 5-3-17 (fishbowl spillover)
Prompted by DW user chanter_greenie and Month of Rainbows Bingo Card 4-1-17
Sponsored by DW user daisiesrockalot
"Fading Recollections of Hell" 3-16-13 (creative jam)
Prompted by LJ user ellenmillion and Dark Fantasy Bingo Card 12-2-12
Sponsored by LJ user janetmiles
"Dark Triangles" 10-28-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by LJ user rhodielady_47
Sponsored by Shirley Barrette
"Graceful Dreams" 3-16-13
Prompted by DW user elliemurasaki and Dark Fantasy Bingo Card 12-2-12
Sponsored by DW user chanter_greenie
"City of Angels" 12-3-13
Prompted by DW users chanter_greenie, primeideal, and Origfic Bingo Card 10-6-13
Sponsored by DW user janetmiles
"Angelwings" 11-25-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by LJ user siege
Trade for "We, the Stars" by siege
"A Stranger Message" 10-24-12 (outside fishbowl)
Sponsored by Shirley Barrette
"Cardinal Feathers" 10-27-12 (outside fishbowl)
Sponsored by Shirley Barrette
"False Prophets" 11-24-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by Doug Edwards
Sponsored by LJ user janetmiles
"Like a Cocky on a Biscuit Tin" 10-26-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by LJ users siliconshaman and rix_scaedu
Sponsored by Shirley Barrette
"Cohanim" 11-16-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by LJ user kestrels_nest
Sponsored by Shirley Barrette
"Hen-Feathered" 10-26-12 (outside fishbowl)
Sponsored by Shirley Barrette
"Brothers and Cousins" 11-18-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by LJ user saavik and kestrels_nest
Sponsored by Shirley Barrette
"Secondary Feathers" 11-24-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by LJ user catsittingstill
Free perk
"Like the Vapor-Ghosts of Hiroshima" 10-25-12 (outside fishbowl)
Sponsored by Shirley Barrette
"Fledermäuse" 10-30-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by LJ user siliconshaman
Sponsored by Shirley Barrette
"Dancing Down the Sky" 10-28-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by LJ user siliconshaman
Sponsored by Shirley Barrette
"The Poi Bird" 10-28-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by LJ user rhodielady_47
Sponsored by Shirley Barrette
"Eiderdown" 11-25-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by LJ user catsittingstill
Sponsored by LJ user catsittingstill
"Through the Valley of the Shadow" 11-21-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by LJ user rix_scaedu
Sponsored by Shirley Barrette
"Devil's Advocate" 12-2-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by LJ users paka, rhodielady_47, and catsittingstill and
Dark Fantasy Bingo Card 12-2-12
Posted as birthday gift for catsittingstill
"The Wingdresser's Kitchen" 9-16-12 (Creative Jam)
Prompted by DW user jjhunter
Free perk
"On a Wing and a Prayer" 10-27-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by DW user onewhitecrow
Sponsored by Shirley Barrette
"The Games of Purgatory" 12-4-12
Prompted by LJ user janetmiles
Sponsored by LJ user janetmiles
"Swish" 12-4-12
Prompted by DW user elliemurasaki
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"Cherubim and Seraphim" 11-18-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by Cottoncandy Bingo Card 10-1-12
Sponsored by Shirley Barrette
"Pluck" 11-25-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by LJ user catsittingstill
Sponsored by LJ user catsittingstill
"Needlework" 11-26-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by LJ user siliconshaman
Sponsored by LJ user technoshaman
"Home Souring Home" 3-5-13
Prompted by LJ user chordatesrock and DW user adeliej
Sponsored by LJ user janetmiles
"Itching and Scratching" 6-4-13
Prompted by DW user chanter_greenie
Sponsored by Shirley Barrette
"Silkies" 11-29-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by LJ user kestrels_nest
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"Picking and Pecking" 11-27-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by LJ user paka
Sponsored by DW user chanter_greenie, LJ user janetmiles, general fund
"On Silent Wings" 3-5-13
Prompted by LJ user chordatesrock
Sponsored by Shirley Barrette
"Heroes in Humble Feathers" 7-2-13
Prompted by DW user chanter_greenie
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"Whose Guardian" 12-3-13
Prompted by LJ user rix_scaedu and Hurt/Comfort Bingo Card 8-12-13
Free perk
"Roving Wings" 8-7-13
Prompt by DW user chanter_greenie
Sponsored by LJ user mdlbear
"The Unmarked Case" 11-18-13 (outside fishbowl)
Prompt by Wordsmith Bingo Card
Sponsored by LJ user ankewehner
"Birds of a Feather" 11-9-13 (fishbowl spillover)
Prompted by DW user chanter_greenie and Origfic Bingo Card 10-6-13
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"The Children Made Manifest" 2-4-14
Prompted by DW user chanter_greenie and Origfic Bingo Card 1-31-14
Sponsored by general fund
"Going Places" 6-3-14
Prompted by LJ user moriwen1 and Genprompt Bingo Card 6-1-14
Sponsored by LJ user zianuray
"Holy Ground" 6-14-14 (Creative Jam)
Prompted by DW user perfectworry and Genprompt Bingo Card 6-1-14
Sponsored by DW user chanter1944
"The Spirit's Wings" 2-5-15 (fishbowl spillover)
Prompted by DW user chanter_greenie, Trope Bingo Card 1-3-15, and
Valentine's Day Bingo Card 1-31-15
Free perk
"Impossible Wings" 4-12-15 (fishbowl spillover)
Prompted by DW user chanter_greenie and Genprompt Bingo Card 3-16-15
Sponsored by DW user chanter_greenie
"Shades of Morality" 6-2-15
Prompted by DW users chanter_greenie, corvi, LJ user mdlbear, and Origfic Bingo Card 5-18-15
Sponsored by LJ user janetmiles
"Silken Wings" 7-22-15 (fishbowl spillover)
Prompted by LJ user janetmiles
Sponsored by LJ user janetmiles
"Pinfeathers" 3-3-16 (fishbowl spillover)
Prompted by DW user chanter_greenie and Villain Bingo Card 2-29-16
Sponsored by LJ user janetmiles
"Done for the First Time" 4-3-18
Prompted by DW user chanter1944, we_are_spc, and Slice-of-Life Bingo Card 2-28-18
Sponsored by DW user chanter1944
"Sparrows and Penguins" 5-1-18
Prompted by DW users mashfanficchick, janetmiles, wyld_dandelyon, redsixwing, we_are_spc (Fallon), torc87, alexseanchai, and chanter_greenie and Pro Wrestling Bingo "General" Card 5-1-18
Sponsored by DW user janetmiles
"Even After Everything" 2-4-20
Prompted by DW user chanter1944 and Valentine's Bingo Card 2-1-20
Sponsored by DW user janetmiles
Then the October 2-3, 2012 Poetry Fishbowl had a theme of "Horror: Demons." That inspired several more poems with wings, feathers, and grace. Some of the characters are different, the styles are different, but something about the underlying tembre resonates the same way. So
I've collected these into a series.
Details on sponsoring available poems appear atop the main Serial Poetry page.
"Wild Hearts Can't Be Spoken" 10-2-12
Prompted by LJ user natasiakith and Hurt/Comfort Bingo Card 9-30-12
Sponsored by LJ user rix_scaedu
"What He Sees in Them" 2-12-13 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by Dark Fantasy Bingo Card 12-2-12
Free perk
"Infernal Passion" 2-12-13 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by Dark Fantasy Bingo Card 12-2-12
Free perk
"Full of Grace" 12-3-13
Prompted by LJ user aldersprig and Origfic Bingo Card 11-26-13
Free perk
"Moulting" 10-2-12
Prompted by LJ user siege and Cottoncandy Bingo Card 10-1-12
Sponsored by LJ user janetmiles
"After the Departure" 10-2-12
Prompted by LJ users siege and ellenmillion (see her "Fallen Angel" picture)
Sponsored by Shirley Barrette
"The Honeytrap" 2-12-13 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by DW users siliconshaman and sylvaine
Sponsored by DW user elliemurasaki and general fund
"The Fledging" 11-18-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by Hurt/Comfort Bingo Card 9-30-12
Sponsored by Shirley Barrette
"The Invisible Things of Him" 11-24-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by LJ user siege
Sponsored by LJ user kestrels_nest
"Lawless, Winged, and Unconfined" 2-6-14 (fishbowl spillover)
Prompted by Sylvaine, LJ users aldersprig, the_vulture, rix_scaedu, and Cotton Candy Bingo Card 2-1-14
Free perk
"Like the Two Wings of a Bird" 4-1-14
Prompted by DW user chanter_greenie and Cottoncandy Bingo Card 3-30-14
Sponsored by chanter_greenie
"Shouldermates" 12-3-13
Prompted by LJ user ellenmillion and Hurt/Comfort Bingo Card 8-12-13
Sponsored by LJ user catsittingstill
"Merlin's Return" 11-18-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompt by kestrels_nest
Sponsored by Shirley Barrette
"The Black and the Red" 5-3-17 (fishbowl spillover)
Prompted by DW user chanter_greenie and Month of Rainbows Bingo Card 4-1-17
Sponsored by DW user daisiesrockalot
"Fading Recollections of Hell" 3-16-13 (creative jam)
Prompted by LJ user ellenmillion and Dark Fantasy Bingo Card 12-2-12
Sponsored by LJ user janetmiles
"Dark Triangles" 10-28-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by LJ user rhodielady_47
Sponsored by Shirley Barrette
"Graceful Dreams" 3-16-13
Prompted by DW user elliemurasaki and Dark Fantasy Bingo Card 12-2-12
Sponsored by DW user chanter_greenie
"City of Angels" 12-3-13
Prompted by DW users chanter_greenie, primeideal, and Origfic Bingo Card 10-6-13
Sponsored by DW user janetmiles
"Angelwings" 11-25-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by LJ user siege
Trade for "We, the Stars" by siege
"A Stranger Message" 10-24-12 (outside fishbowl)
Sponsored by Shirley Barrette
"Cardinal Feathers" 10-27-12 (outside fishbowl)
Sponsored by Shirley Barrette
"False Prophets" 11-24-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by Doug Edwards
Sponsored by LJ user janetmiles
"Like a Cocky on a Biscuit Tin" 10-26-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by LJ users siliconshaman and rix_scaedu
Sponsored by Shirley Barrette
"Cohanim" 11-16-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by LJ user kestrels_nest
Sponsored by Shirley Barrette
"Hen-Feathered" 10-26-12 (outside fishbowl)
Sponsored by Shirley Barrette
"Brothers and Cousins" 11-18-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by LJ user saavik and kestrels_nest
Sponsored by Shirley Barrette
"Secondary Feathers" 11-24-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by LJ user catsittingstill
Free perk
"Like the Vapor-Ghosts of Hiroshima" 10-25-12 (outside fishbowl)
Sponsored by Shirley Barrette
"Fledermäuse" 10-30-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by LJ user siliconshaman
Sponsored by Shirley Barrette
"Dancing Down the Sky" 10-28-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by LJ user siliconshaman
Sponsored by Shirley Barrette
"The Poi Bird" 10-28-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by LJ user rhodielady_47
Sponsored by Shirley Barrette
"Eiderdown" 11-25-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by LJ user catsittingstill
Sponsored by LJ user catsittingstill
"Through the Valley of the Shadow" 11-21-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by LJ user rix_scaedu
Sponsored by Shirley Barrette
"Devil's Advocate" 12-2-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by LJ users paka, rhodielady_47, and catsittingstill and
Dark Fantasy Bingo Card 12-2-12
Posted as birthday gift for catsittingstill
"The Wingdresser's Kitchen" 9-16-12 (Creative Jam)
Prompted by DW user jjhunter
Free perk
"On a Wing and a Prayer" 10-27-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by DW user onewhitecrow
Sponsored by Shirley Barrette
"The Games of Purgatory" 12-4-12
Prompted by LJ user janetmiles
Sponsored by LJ user janetmiles
"Swish" 12-4-12
Prompted by DW user elliemurasaki
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"Cherubim and Seraphim" 11-18-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by Cottoncandy Bingo Card 10-1-12
Sponsored by Shirley Barrette
"Pluck" 11-25-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by LJ user catsittingstill
Sponsored by LJ user catsittingstill
"Needlework" 11-26-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by LJ user siliconshaman
Sponsored by LJ user technoshaman
"Home Souring Home" 3-5-13
Prompted by LJ user chordatesrock and DW user adeliej
Sponsored by LJ user janetmiles
"Itching and Scratching" 6-4-13
Prompted by DW user chanter_greenie
Sponsored by Shirley Barrette
"Silkies" 11-29-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by LJ user kestrels_nest
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"Picking and Pecking" 11-27-12 (outside fishbowl)
Prompted by LJ user paka
Sponsored by DW user chanter_greenie, LJ user janetmiles, general fund
"On Silent Wings" 3-5-13
Prompted by LJ user chordatesrock
Sponsored by Shirley Barrette
"Heroes in Humble Feathers" 7-2-13
Prompted by DW user chanter_greenie
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"Whose Guardian" 12-3-13
Prompted by LJ user rix_scaedu and Hurt/Comfort Bingo Card 8-12-13
Free perk
"Roving Wings" 8-7-13
Prompt by DW user chanter_greenie
Sponsored by LJ user mdlbear
"The Unmarked Case" 11-18-13 (outside fishbowl)
Prompt by Wordsmith Bingo Card
Sponsored by LJ user ankewehner
"Birds of a Feather" 11-9-13 (fishbowl spillover)
Prompted by DW user chanter_greenie and Origfic Bingo Card 10-6-13
Sponsored by Anthony & Shirley Barrette
"The Children Made Manifest" 2-4-14
Prompted by DW user chanter_greenie and Origfic Bingo Card 1-31-14
Sponsored by general fund
"Going Places" 6-3-14
Prompted by LJ user moriwen1 and Genprompt Bingo Card 6-1-14
Sponsored by LJ user zianuray
"Holy Ground" 6-14-14 (Creative Jam)
Prompted by DW user perfectworry and Genprompt Bingo Card 6-1-14
Sponsored by DW user chanter1944
"The Spirit's Wings" 2-5-15 (fishbowl spillover)
Prompted by DW user chanter_greenie, Trope Bingo Card 1-3-15, and
Valentine's Day Bingo Card 1-31-15
Free perk
"Impossible Wings" 4-12-15 (fishbowl spillover)
Prompted by DW user chanter_greenie and Genprompt Bingo Card 3-16-15
Sponsored by DW user chanter_greenie
"Shades of Morality" 6-2-15
Prompted by DW users chanter_greenie, corvi, LJ user mdlbear, and Origfic Bingo Card 5-18-15
Sponsored by LJ user janetmiles
"Silken Wings" 7-22-15 (fishbowl spillover)
Prompted by LJ user janetmiles
Sponsored by LJ user janetmiles
"Pinfeathers" 3-3-16 (fishbowl spillover)
Prompted by DW user chanter_greenie and Villain Bingo Card 2-29-16
Sponsored by LJ user janetmiles
"Done for the First Time" 4-3-18
Prompted by DW user chanter1944, we_are_spc, and Slice-of-Life Bingo Card 2-28-18
Sponsored by DW user chanter1944
"Sparrows and Penguins" 5-1-18
Prompted by DW users mashfanficchick, janetmiles, wyld_dandelyon, redsixwing, we_are_spc (Fallon), torc87, alexseanchai, and chanter_greenie and Pro Wrestling Bingo "General" Card 5-1-18
Sponsored by DW user janetmiles
"Even After Everything" 2-4-20
Prompted by DW user chanter1944 and Valentine's Bingo Card 2-1-20
Sponsored by DW user janetmiles
Extras
See a lovely sketch of "The Wingdresser's Kitchen" by DW user onewhitecrow.
Read "Human Heart and Hands," a poem about a priest musing over the transformation from devil to angel, by LJ user kestrels_nest. Chronologically, it follows "Moulting."
Read "Redemption," a poem about why certain devils moult into angels, by LJ user kestrels_nest. Chronologically, it follows "After the Departure."
Read "Winged Destiny," a poem about wings on people of mixed heritage, by
LJ user kestrels_nest. Chronologically, it follows "The Fledging."
Read "We, the Stars" by siege, a companion piece to "Angelwings." Although the extra transformation puts it a half-step aside from established canon, the tone is similar and it's fascinating to read.
Read the lyrics for the song "Take These Wings" by LJ user catsittingstill. Updated lyrics with musical notation are now available. Chronologically, this song follows "Fledermäuse." Listen to the MP3. This is the kind of thing you might hear a busker singing on a street corner.
Learn more about the bird species mentioned in Fledgling Grace and their correlations within this setting: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.
Visit the main Serial Poetry page to see more series.
Read "Human Heart and Hands," a poem about a priest musing over the transformation from devil to angel, by LJ user kestrels_nest. Chronologically, it follows "Moulting."
Read "Redemption," a poem about why certain devils moult into angels, by LJ user kestrels_nest. Chronologically, it follows "After the Departure."
Read "Winged Destiny," a poem about wings on people of mixed heritage, by
LJ user kestrels_nest. Chronologically, it follows "The Fledging."
Read "We, the Stars" by siege, a companion piece to "Angelwings." Although the extra transformation puts it a half-step aside from established canon, the tone is similar and it's fascinating to read.
Read the lyrics for the song "Take These Wings" by LJ user catsittingstill. Updated lyrics with musical notation are now available. Chronologically, this song follows "Fledermäuse." Listen to the MP3. This is the kind of thing you might hear a busker singing on a street corner.
Learn more about the bird species mentioned in Fledgling Grace and their correlations within this setting: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.
Visit the main Serial Poetry page to see more series.