I love Shakespeare,
and April 23 is his (supposed) birthday, so I decided to honor him today
The title basically says it all- modern, contemporary works please.
Feel free to write about one of his characters, rewrite a piece of a play, write love sonnets, I don't care. Anything inspired by him, just no biographies.
1.Rhyme if you dare, although I would love to see freeverse.
2. Don't steal his famous phrases (i.e. "to be or not to be", "jealousy is the green-eyed monster", etc!)
3. No Middle English
and April 23 is his (supposed) birthday, so I decided to honor him today
The title basically says it all- modern, contemporary works please.
Feel free to write about one of his characters, rewrite a piece of a play, write love sonnets, I don't care. Anything inspired by him, just no biographies.
1.Rhyme if you dare, although I would love to see freeverse.
2. Don't steal his famous phrases (i.e. "to be or not to be", "jealousy is the green-eyed monster", etc!)
3. No Middle English
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on May 10, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 100, Bronze: 50
- Final notes: thanks to everyone who entered, i'm glad to see i'm not the only one who likes shakespeare here--
would have preferred to see more freeverse interpretations, but it's all good.
thanks all, glad i could inspire something.
-cassidy
Contest Winners
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Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
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Possession Of yoursby kissingsolitude 124 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 24 2:21 AM 2008. In Contemporary, Life, Nature, Personal, Thoughts, Abstract• Commented on by judge.
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And when have we in silence broken down When there was not a softly singing placeby obsidianrose843 16 lines, 1 comment, on May 8 8:54 PM 2008. In Sonnet• Commented on by judge.
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What really happened before the
Balcony scene.• Commented on by judge.
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so no
all the world's a stage
and all the women played by men -
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hey an excuse to write, why I never =-0
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... shall do honor, my lady, to most tragic whence came of thine and this world's great bard the halting, and most lamentuous (this mine a word, and not thine dictionary's word, of this I admit with flown pen unable to capture ) death of the two lovers and upon their scene shall I lightly tread
don't know how many will take up this challenge ... but I will be there
Moquispeare
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i prefer moliere
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it wasn't his birthday!
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moliére is really good!
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Bookmarked!
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comparing moliere to shakespeare is like comparing a chicken to a swan ....
sorry ... couldn't resist 
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this is hard. oh, check out some of the author's from Old Poetry and some of the poets who love the older and seminal names ... invite to be in your contest ... do not be discouraged, most of the writes will take some thought, as Willy is a mountaintop. ya know?
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thank you for the gold ,,, and the opportunit or stimulus to get back into some shakespeare ...
... congrats to the other winners ...
this one took some research, and am really glad I did that, for I have found wondrous some of the various ones of which capturing I might have done no soon had I not, nor of a haughty prematurity, found, captured and clasped this dreadnaught, this William, high as the firmaments lies low beneath the God's of his art ....
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