This is a fantabulous question, and one whose answer I find still unfolding for myself. While narrative poetry may feel like the most natural fit for podficcing, I would encourage you to expand your sense of what podficcing can be (and thus what kind of poetry is appropriate for it). Podficcing is, at its heart, transformative work in its own right: a performance, an embodiment-via-voice, of a written work. Think less, how can poetry be like fiction, and a bit more — what kinds of poetry lend themselves to performance? How are some poems like plays? Where would you encounter poetry — in writing or being performed somewhere — offline? A poem for podficcing could be in the voice of a particular character — internal narration or dream or meta such somehow in their words or giving expression to some experience (slam poetry-style, perhaps?) — or articulate some series of insights or impressions about a particular scenario or canonical themes (oh the possible villanelles that might soar for certain Roaring Rampages Of Revenge -packed canons) — or be interspersed with prose song!fic-style, or be multiple poems written by & exchanged between one or more characters to each other, or otherwise haunt or complicate or take over entire a story-making.
I would say: take a canon with one or more characters / tropes / aspects / whatever that inspire strong feelings for you, and feel liberated to make what you write from those places come out as much or as little in poetry as you choose. If that's a nonlinear, non-traditionally-narrative-type thing — hey, why not? This is a short challenge. It is okay sometimes not to go vastly in excess of the minimum word count. If it would help take the edge off, consider doing two projects with whomever you sign up with — give yourself something that doesn't 'have' to be poetry, and an opportunity for poetry also, and see what comes.
Hope that helps jump start for you. I'd be very much interested in your thoughts in return. :o)
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This is a fantabulous question, and one whose answer I find still unfolding for myself. While narrative poetry may feel like the most natural fit for podficcing, I would encourage you to expand your sense of what podficcing can be (and thus what kind of poetry is appropriate for it). Podficcing is, at its heart, transformative work in its own right: a performance, an embodiment-via-voice, of a written work. Think less, how can poetry be like fiction, and a bit more — what kinds of poetry lend themselves to performance? How are some poems like plays? Where would you encounter poetry — in writing or being performed somewhere — offline? A poem for podficcing could be in the voice of a particular character — internal narration or dream or meta such somehow in their words or giving expression to some experience (slam poetry-style, perhaps?) — or articulate some series of insights or impressions about a particular scenario or canonical themes (oh the possible villanelles that might soar for certain Roaring Rampages Of Revenge -packed canons) — or be interspersed with prose song!fic-style, or be multiple poems written by & exchanged between one or more characters to each other, or otherwise haunt or complicate or take over entire a story-making.
I would say: take a canon with one or more characters / tropes / aspects / whatever that inspire strong feelings for you, and feel liberated to make what you write from those places come out as much or as little in poetry as you choose. If that's a nonlinear, non-traditionally-narrative-type thing — hey, why not? This is a short challenge. It is okay sometimes not to go vastly in excess of the minimum word count. If it would help take the edge off, consider doing two projects with whomever you sign up with — give yourself something that doesn't 'have' to be poetry, and an opportunity for poetry also, and see what comes.
Hope that helps jump start for you. I'd be very much interested in your thoughts in return. :o)