Oh yes my poetical prodigy I can see that your muse is in need of a challenge. That's right, I'm talking to you! You've got the gift, you've got the talent but your muse has gotten soft and lazy.
It has spent too much time writing in its old familiar style just knowing that you would settle for comfortable jaunts down the worn paths of your preferred poetic conventions. It's time to bypass the worn paths and go on the war path! It's time to stretch your muse, work it out, get it motivated and in the best shape of its life. You can do it. You must do it!
So what's the challenge for this one? You are going to march your muse on a twenty line (or more)hike through the jungles of internal rhyme and alliteration. You must use both techniques throughout your poem.
This is end line rhyme:[I don't want this!]
I am a CAT
I have a HAT
What do you think of THAT?
This is INTERNAL RHYME: [I do want this!]
A FELINE sun
DECLINES evening repose
'neath satisfying LINES of morning
See the difference?
Here is alliteration (and internal rhyme):
A feline Sun Shines South
With Wanton lines of Worry
in Declining Decor of Doubt
(Oooh, don't that just sound real purty?)
Ok, now you know what you have to do, so get your muse in gear and write. Don't settle for the acceptable, accept no less than exceptional!
Your prompt: Amber Dawn
Rules:
-Keep it clean please (open to all ages)
-No prewrites
-At least 20 lines (feel the burn!)
-Reservations accepted but not necessary
-HM's may be added
It has spent too much time writing in its old familiar style just knowing that you would settle for comfortable jaunts down the worn paths of your preferred poetic conventions. It's time to bypass the worn paths and go on the war path! It's time to stretch your muse, work it out, get it motivated and in the best shape of its life. You can do it. You must do it!
So what's the challenge for this one? You are going to march your muse on a twenty line (or more)hike through the jungles of internal rhyme and alliteration. You must use both techniques throughout your poem.
This is end line rhyme:[I don't want this!]
I am a CAT
I have a HAT
What do you think of THAT?
This is INTERNAL RHYME: [I do want this!]
A FELINE sun
DECLINES evening repose
'neath satisfying LINES of morning
See the difference?
Here is alliteration (and internal rhyme):
A feline Sun Shines South
With Wanton lines of Worry
in Declining Decor of Doubt
(Oooh, don't that just sound real purty?)
Ok, now you know what you have to do, so get your muse in gear and write. Don't settle for the acceptable, accept no less than exceptional!
Your prompt: Amber Dawn
Rules:
-Keep it clean please (open to all ages)
-No prewrites
-At least 20 lines (feel the burn!)
-Reservations accepted but not necessary
-HM's may be added
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on September 12, 2007
- Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 100, Bronze: 50, Honorable mention: 1 people
- Final notes: Thank you for all your excellent entries. You all rose to the challenge and stretched your muses. I very much enjoyed reading each or your poems.
Watch for the next Muse Abuse contest and please consider entering. I will always try to make each Muse Abuse contest challenging and unique.
Here are your winners.
Gold - Cello
Silver - On Fearing I Will Lose You To The Night
Bronze - Amber Dawn City
Honorable Mention - Shade of Silence
Congratulations to the winners and thanks again to all.
Contest Winners
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alliteration/internal rhyming challenge
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It’s dark, the deepest depths past midnight.
Outside, bereft of shimmering, even• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
by paperparadox 28 lines, 26 comments, on Sep 11 4:53 PM 2007. In nature, internal rhyme
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Dawn's dewy finger descends and lingers on the lawn• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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Be aware of internal,
not external rhyming,by sublimewriter 27 lines, 1 comment, on Sep 11 10:38 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
beware of probing
poems to share --• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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Alliteration and internal rhyme I love
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End line rhyme is indeed an acceptable poetic convention and when done well is quite lovely. The challenge of this contest however is to make rhyme without end-rhyme. This condition is what makes the writing more difficult. Without that condition rhyme is more easily made and the point of this contest (which is meant to be challenging) is lost. Thanks for taking a look at the contest. Please take a second look. I would love to read an entry from you.
Brian
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Oooh ohhh I will try to get something in before it closes.
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Great! Please do!
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why do i never find the cool contests till they end lol
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I'm sorry you missed this one. Please enter my next Muse Abuse contest. I try to make them challenging and each is different.
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Thanks so much Everwind Rising for hosting a fantastically challenging and creative type of contest.
Congratulations to all who entered for producing some really fine pieces of poetry. A special congrats to the winners. Great job everyone! -
Congratulations, Winners!
And: thank you, Host, for the opportunity to really write something "outside the box" -- I thoroughly enjoyed entering.
Love
Myra
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Thank you!
This was certainly a challenge, taking me out of my little comfort zone ~ so thank you...and thank you also for the HM! Such a lovely surprise after a hard day at work to find the system message and your encouraging comment.
I've change the periods as suggested.
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