the clichéd muse
Most of us try to be original
in our work, yet may be unaware of how often we use a favorite yet overused
saying, phrase, or metaphor. To help
combat this problem, we’ve created a new feature called the clichéd muse.
To participate:
1.
Open to all. Membership not necessary to participate. All other Submission Guidelines must be
followed.
2.
Choose, then creatively re-write one item from this month's
list. Only one cliché per entry, please.
3.
Use the re-write
in a titled poem of five or fewer lines.
4.
Send both
re-write and poem to Sol.Magazine@prodigy.net
NOTE: if the re-write of the
cliché is not included, your entry will be ignored.
5.
Beneath the poem,
include name, city, state, and country.
Example:
Mary Margaret Carlisle,
6.
Due Date: Not before the 5th
or after the 15th of the month under which the
chosen cliché is listed.
7.
If a Member wins
first place, the prize will be a book, or a $10.00 book gift certificate, our choice. No prize except publication is offered to
non-members. Only one prize is offered
per month, no matter which topic is chosen.
Only the 1st place poem will be published.
8.
KEYWORD: Place
the first four words of the chosen
cliché in the subject line of your note.
9.
JUDGES: Sol Magazine Editors
10.
NOTE: A winner
may not be chosen each month.
NOVEMBER IS NOW
CLOSED
NOVEMBER - the clichéd muse
1.
Just
when I thought things couldn't get any worse...
2.
It’s
someone else’s battle.
3.
A
little sugar makes the medicine go down.
4.
No
answer is also an answer.
DECEMBER - the clichéd
muse
There will be no clichéd
muse contest this month, for we close our offices at
Sol Magazine: Poetry e-journal, poetry website,
and an international organization of volunteers and
Member poets interested in the education of poets.
Sol Magazine,
Phone number: 281-316-2255
Call weekdays 8-5 (CT) (1400-2300 GMT or
UTC)
Send comments, questions, advice to:
Sol.Magazine@prodigy.net
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