Top 5 poems of 2021

[thenewbuzwuzz]

I guess my Spike fan is showing. Three of these are Spike-centric.

Lines Composed a Few Miles Above the Cheers & Beers Poetry Reading by JayeMaru (Spike, G)
I like how Spike is both a reader of poetry and a poet in this work and how his life experience informs his reading of Wordsworth's poem.

Season 5, Episode 16 by C. A. Singh a.k.a. meaningfall (worksafe). Backup link.
About the experience of rewatching "The Body".

william the bloody moves to boston by GothicBuffy (Spike x OC roommate, worksafe)
I'm into the imagery and voice of this poem. The POV character is good at noticing fun little details about Spike.

I see you by lex_hex (Spike/Buffy, G)
A poignant poem based on meta discussions with a touch or two of mythology.

[Podfic] "Fuck Joss Whedon": a found poem of AO3 tags by greedy_dancer et al. (podfic), me (poem), approximately by 40-43 people total if you count all the podficcers, me, and the authors of the original tags (tag authors listed here).
Awkward as it is to rec my own writing, I feel like the recording really took this one to the next level. The multi-voice format was a perfect fit.

Comments

[petzipellepingo]

The second one is only available to registered users, do you have a replacement?

[thenewbuzwuzz]

Oh, I thought that wasn't a requirement anymore for AO3. Replaced.

[yourlibrarian]

I agree about the uniqueness of the multi-voice format for the podfic! Good to see one recced -- and, of course, the poetry 🙂

[thenewbuzwuzz]

:)

[double_dutchess]

Yes, that podfic worked really well! I don't think I have seen any of the other ones -- will have to check them out.

[thenewbuzwuzz]

Hope you enjoy them if you do! :)