All right poet, I think that your muse is getting lazy. Oh yes, it's been too long since you ran it through its paces and really made it work. You should be ashamed at letting your muse get in such a condition.
I know how easy it is to get into the rut of cruising contests to find something you can wing through instead of something that is actually challenging. We've all done it!
That's why I've decided to run my first Muse Abuse contest. This contest is a boot camp for your muse designed to get it into the best shape of it's life. I know that your muse has plenty of heart. It just needs discipline. It's dying for a challenge. So here is the first.
Write me a poem about metaphor. The challenge is that you have to use metaphor to tell me what metaphor is. NO SIMILES, ONLY METAPHORS. You know, metaphor is the poet's language (and you can't use that metaphor in your poem). Your poem may be a string of several diverse or related metaphors or it can be an extended metaphor. Make it insightful, original, meaningful, emotional. Make your muse WORK! Don't settle for the acceptable - push your muse till you get the EXCEPTIONAL! You can do it. You must do it!
Rules:
-Keep it clean please.
-No prewrites.
-Must be at least 20 lines (may be more)
-HM's may be added
-Don't title your poem "Metaphor" or "Metaphor Is" (You are more creative than that!)
-Reservations accepted but not necessary.
Now tell your muse to get off the couch of complacency, put down the bowl of chocolate chip lazy, and drop and give you twenty! (Or more than 20 lines of hard earned verse). Push your muse. It'll be glad you did.
I know how easy it is to get into the rut of cruising contests to find something you can wing through instead of something that is actually challenging. We've all done it!
That's why I've decided to run my first Muse Abuse contest. This contest is a boot camp for your muse designed to get it into the best shape of it's life. I know that your muse has plenty of heart. It just needs discipline. It's dying for a challenge. So here is the first.
Write me a poem about metaphor. The challenge is that you have to use metaphor to tell me what metaphor is. NO SIMILES, ONLY METAPHORS. You know, metaphor is the poet's language (and you can't use that metaphor in your poem). Your poem may be a string of several diverse or related metaphors or it can be an extended metaphor. Make it insightful, original, meaningful, emotional. Make your muse WORK! Don't settle for the acceptable - push your muse till you get the EXCEPTIONAL! You can do it. You must do it!
Rules:
-Keep it clean please.
-No prewrites.
-Must be at least 20 lines (may be more)
-HM's may be added
-Don't title your poem "Metaphor" or "Metaphor Is" (You are more creative than that!)
-Reservations accepted but not necessary.
Now tell your muse to get off the couch of complacency, put down the bowl of chocolate chip lazy, and drop and give you twenty! (Or more than 20 lines of hard earned verse). Push your muse. It'll be glad you did.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on September 8, 2007
- Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 150, Bronze: 50
- Final notes: Oh yes I see that you are getting those muses in shape! I was so pleased with the thoughful writes I that you all entered in the contest. I so enjoyed reading them and found their insights helpful in my own understading of metaphor.
I hope that you will all enter my second Muse Abuse Contest and continue to stretch and strengthen that muse! http://allpoetry.com/contest/2367054
Here are your winners.
Gold - Inspire The Breeze
Silver - Ramblings
Bronze - On Baking A Cake
Thanks for all your wonderful entries.
Contest Winners
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This is MY spot!!! No one can have it!!! *growls*• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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A professor once called it The frosting on the cake,by micol 49 lines, 10 comments, on Sep 1 3:21 PM 2007. In Poetry, Metaphor, Free Verse
Bronze trophy winner
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stand tall and put up a fight,
raise yourself from the cadaver,by bubbleburst 22 lines, on Sep 7 7:33 PM 2007• Viewed by judge. [remove]
Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
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My darn MUSE is gone..she bypassed lazy..exits ago...cannot wait to read these entries though...hope you are well...
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Now come on Julie. I know that you have it in you! You know what metaphor is. You use it so very well. Tell me what it is in a poem! Where's that Ky spirit? You can do it! Excellent poetry runs through your veins. Consider this contest a blood drive. Won't you donate?
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Thanks so much for the lovely silver, congrats to all the winners and thanks so much for hosting a great contest Brian. Hugs, Bunny
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Thank you for the wonderful entry. I always enjoy your poems very much.
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