Welcome! I have decided to hold a new contest, and this time it is open for all.
The subject is the muses, the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne,
each of whom presided over a different art or science. The muses were Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, and Urania. You can write
about any of the muses, even all if you like, or simply a poem dedicated to your
muse. You can also write something based on other definitions of the word
muse.
I do not want any erotic poetry, and I do not think profanity belongs in this subject, unless it's neccessary to get a point through. Please use normal language, not "geek-talk", and please use spell-check! I will allow prewrites, but new writes will give more points...
First place gives 400 points, and a shining gold trophy to put on your page. Second place gived 200 points, and a silver trophy, and third place gives 100 points, and a bronze trophy. I will give up to five Honorable Mentions worth 10 points each. Sorry, I don't have more points to give out at the moment...
This contest is now closed, and I will try to judge it at latest by monday, September 4th.
I do not want any erotic poetry, and I do not think profanity belongs in this subject, unless it's neccessary to get a point through. Please use normal language, not "geek-talk", and please use spell-check! I will allow prewrites, but new writes will give more points...
First place gives 400 points, and a shining gold trophy to put on your page. Second place gived 200 points, and a silver trophy, and third place gives 100 points, and a bronze trophy. I will give up to five Honorable Mentions worth 10 points each. Sorry, I don't have more points to give out at the moment...
This contest is now closed, and I will try to judge it at latest by monday, September 4th.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on September 8, 2006
- Rewards: Gold: 400
- Final notes: This contest was extremely difficult to judge, and it was close to a tie between 1st and 2nd place, and it was no easier to figure out who should get 3rd place either. There were so many good poems. I have decided to increase the Honorable Mention to 25 points, as I have a few more points now than when I started the contest...
Here are the winners, and the Honorable Mentions...
1st: Ode To My Muses by The Risen Sun
2nd: The Nine Muses by wakingdevil
3rd: Muse Polyhymnia (Triplet) by intanglio2ring
HM: The Muses by Mythtress
HM: Erato´s Power by La Belle Rouge
HM: Forgiven by Errant Panther
HM: The Eloquent Calliope by DolphinLass
HM: Woes of a Temperamental Muse by Perhaps
Entries [11]
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O’ Erato muse of fire and delight• Commented on by judge.
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I muse on how language
Could be so inadequateby Errant Panther 9 lines, 5 comments, on May 26 11:30 PM 2006. In Personal• Commented on by judge. -
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Where do you go?
You say you're coming home, thenby My Time Remaining 33 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 13 5:35 AM 2006. In Humor• Commented on by judge. -
to my muse you were always there,
I remember when we first met,by uziphiel 41 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 17 12:07 PM 2006. In Collaboration• Commented on by judge. -
Beautiful and flowing,
your grace is like a chordby crystylheart 30 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 17 4:43 PM 2006. In Spiritual• Commented on by judge. -
You are my hunger
For knowledge• Commented on by judge. -
Calliope you are the eldest and most eloquent of muses
your name means 'beautiful voice'• Commented on by judge. -
her gifts are plenty and none at all
for as fast as you rise you can easily fall...by D Edward Barnett 23 lines, 7 comments, on Aug 29 10:48 PM 2006. In Spiritual• Commented on by judge.
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WOW! You have the best of contests! This sounds superb!!!! Will try to get in something before it closes.
Take care,
Charishma
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hi dear brother
A great idea. Let me see what I can do for you.
Wish you the best.
Shahrzad
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Anxious to see what this brings out in the poets, good luck ..MM
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Wonderful contest, unique and challenging.
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Hi, moon kris addict! I look forward to your entry! Thanks for the comment! Jim
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Excellent contest !
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Hi, Shahrzad! Looking forward to reading your entry. Thanks for the comment! Jim
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Hi, Linda! Yes, this seemed to be a popular contest. Hope to get more new writes though. Thanks for the comment! Jim
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Hi, Belle! Looking forward to read your poem! Thanks for the comment, and the applause! Jim
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Hi, raspberry! Looking forward to reading your poem! Thanks for the comment, and the applause! Jim
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That's so funny... I have a cafepress.com store called AMuseMe. LOL I have some poems that will fit this, but I'm trying to write something new before I submit one of my old ones. I look forward to reading some of these. Good luck with your contest. Patti
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You have a store called AMuseMe?
That's so cool! I was merely playing on words here. You are welcome to write something new, and ofcourse I would prefer that, but please send in some of your older muse poems before the time runs out. Thanks for commenting, I look forward to reading your poems. Jim
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That is how I came up with the name for my store. -Great minds think alike.- LOL I have several items in my shop that are poetry related. I did try to enter one of my old poems, but alas something is amiss. The system kept taking me to the wrong page. Perhaps a glitch in the system? I'll try agian later and maybe I'll have better luck. Patti
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wow great idea for a contest very unique will see if I can think of anything
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Hmmmmmm, will have to give this some thought! Sounds like it might be fun. *bookmarks* be back! Thanks for this idea.
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This is an awesome contest idea!!! It looks like you lots of entries already!!! Good luck on getting more!!!
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Very interesting. I look forward to making an entry for this.
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Hi, alicia! Hope you can manage to write something, or find a suitable prewrite in time, it's now 14 hours less, and maybe less if you get this message late. Thanks for the comment, I appreciate it! Jim
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Hi, sunshinegirl. Hoping you will join the contest, I look forward to reading your entry! Thanks for the comment, I appreciate it! Jim
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Hi, SexyAngel. I was hoping you would find this contest interesting enough to join... Thanks for leaving a comment, though, it means a lot! Jim
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Hi, Poemme! I look forward to reading your entry in this contest! Thanks for the comment, I appreciate it a lot! Jim
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Thanks for hosting this contest and for letting us recycle our poems. Nice to be able to brush off the dust and let others read them again.
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Well, I thought I would get only a handful new poems if I didn't let you enter your prewrites, so I added a rule saying new poems give more points, thereby urging the muses to work, especially after reading other poems. Seems it worked to some extent.
Thanks for the comment, I appreciate it! Jim
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How's the judging coming along for this contest?
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I am working on it, and hopefully I can get it judged within a few hours... Thanks for asking, Curtis! Jim
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Congrats to all the winners! And thanks for the honorable mention!
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Thanks! and congrats to the trophy winners and HM winers as well!
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I won!!!!! Thank you so much for that lovely trophy.
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Wow!Thanks a lot for the wonderful silver trophy and I completely agree with you over the choice of winners.Congrats to all the winners and thanks for hosting a different and fun contest.Bes of luck
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Thanks for the congrats to the winners, that is very nice of you. Jim
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Nice of you to congratulate the winners! Thanks! Jim
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Yes, you won, but it was SO close to a tie between the two of you on top. Enjoy the Gold trophy! Jim
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It was not much separating you from the Gold trophy. You could say you were separated by a fraction of a point. Jim
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I missed by a fraction
Then you should have taken away the 100 points from first and my 200 points and given me gold in another contest Anyways I always applaud when I win a contest with a thanks
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trying to take my 100 points? lol well done, mark. Congratulations.
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Stop fighting, kids! Nobody is taking anybody's points. I said it was close to a tie, not that is WAS a tie. The trophies and points are divided as they should be. More fighting, and I will be forced to reconsider the contest!
Jim
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Hey we're not fighting.
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See my answer to you and The Risen Sun, above here... Jim
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Let him keep the 100 points
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