This month's theme was "Fairies and Fey." I wrote from 12 PM to 3 AM, so about 13 hours, allowing for lunch and supper breaks. I wrote 3 poems on Tuesday plus 5 later in the week.

Participation was down slightly, with 9 comments on LiveJournal and another 23 on Dreamwidth. A total of 11 people sent prompts. You have new prompters ljgeoff and gs_silva to thank for the second freebie.


Read Some Poetry!
The following poems from the November 4, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl have been posted:
"Better Than Living Alone"
"A Clear Path of Freedom"
"Revealing Itself at Its Most Brilliant"
"Time and Relative Dimensions in Magic"
"To the Rational Mind"

"No Worthless Herbs" (One God's Story of Mid-Life Crisis, October 7, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl)
"The Struggle Against Error" (Polychrome Heroics, April 1, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl)


Buy some poetry!
If you plan to sponsor some poetry but haven't made up your mind yet, see the unsold poetry list from November 4. That includes the title, length, price, and the original thumbnail description for the poems still available.

This month's donors include: janetmiles, librarygeek, and Anthony Barrette. All sponsored poems from this fishbowl have been posted. There are 2 tallies toward a bonus fishbowl.

The Poetry Fishbowl has a landing page.

A strange ancient foot reveals a hidden human cousin

New fossils reveal a second hominin species living beside Lucy—walking differently, eating differently, and thriving in its own evolutionary niche.

Researchers have finally assigned a strange 3.4-million-year-old foot to Australopithecus deyiremeda, confirming that Lucy’s species wasn’t alone in ancient Ethiopia. This hominin had an opposable big toe for climbing but still walked upright in a distinct style. Isotope tests show it ate different foods from A. afarensis, revealing clear ecological separation. These insights help explain how multiple early human species co-existed without wiping each other out.


Niche partitioning is a standard way to minimize competition between species. It's most extreme in dense habitat like rainforests but it appears elsewhere too.

These are active communities in Dreamwidth from Fall 2025. They include things I've posted, but only the active ones; the thematic posts also list dormant communities of interest. This list includes some communities that I've found and saved but haven't made it into thematic posts yet. This post covers A-I.

See my Follow Friday Master Post for more topics.

Highly active with multiple posts per day, daily posts, or too many to count easily
Active with (one, multiple, many) posts in (current or recent month)
Somewhat active (latest post within current year, not in last month or few)
Low traffic (latest post in previous year)
Dormant (latest post before previous year, but could be revived because membership is open and posting is open to all members or anyone)
Dead (not listed because there are no recent posts, plus membership and/or posting are moderated)
Note that some communities are only active during a limited time, or only have gather posts on a certain schedule.

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What are you thankful for?




For Thanksgiving recipes, see the Cuddle Party post.