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meeks (meeksp), I now have an Icon for Vas’ World! It’s the trees, from this story (dreamwidth link).
eseme‘s discussion on fiddlehead ferns had more than a little to do with how I visualized these trees 😀
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ysabetwordsmith‘s Poem: "The Changeling’s Return"
This poem came out of the May 3, 2011 Poetry Fishbowl. It was selected in the generally sponsored poetry poll. It was inspired by a prompt from haikujaguar who related an anecdote about a transgender person using the changeling myth to retell their own story. This is the heart of all storytelling, the power inherent in myths and folk tales — it lets us turn our own experiences into stories, making them easier to remember, to deal with, to incorporate into our lives. Think about the stories you tell of your own life, and the family stories you pass down. Then read this one, with its dual levels of meaning, the faerie and the transgender…
This poem really spoke to me, far more than I expected this theme to. Wow.