{"id":93926,"date":"2012-08-01T23:24:09","date_gmt":"2012-08-02T03:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/93926\/cpc-poetry-challenge-preview-friday-fling-muses-on-muses\/"},"modified":"2012-08-01T23:24:09","modified_gmt":"2012-08-02T03:24:09","slug":"cpc-poetry-challenge-preview-friday-fling-muses-on-muses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/93926\/cpc-poetry-challenge-preview-friday-fling-muses-on-muses\/","title":{"rendered":"CPC POETRY CHALLENGE PREVIEW: The Friday Fling Muses on: Muses!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Fling%20Posters%20and%20Awards\/?action=view&amp;current=CPCBanner.gif\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Fling%20Posters%20and%20Awards\/CPCBanner.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Banner\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Fling%20Posters%20and%20Awards\/?action=view&amp;current=FlingPoster8312.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Fling%20Posters%20and%20Awards\/FlingPoster8312.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"FlingPoster8312\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"background-color: #f1f2f3;line-height: 12px;font-weight: bold\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\">What is a Muse? <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"><strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &apos;lucida grande&apos;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;line-height: 12px;background-color: #f1f2f3\">Muse &#8211; a channel of inspiration for a poet <\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: &apos;lucida grande&apos;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;line-height: 12px;background-color: #f1f2f3\">Muses, in Greek mythology, were the nine daughters of the god Zeus and Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory. The muses were believed to inspire not only poets, but all artist. <\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: &apos;lucida grande&apos;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;line-height: 12px;background-color: #f1f2f3\">Nine goddesses: <\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: &apos;lucida grande&apos;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;line-height: 12px;background-color: #f1f2f3\">* Calliope: muse of epic poetry <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &apos;lucida grande&apos;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;line-height: 12px;background-color: #f1f2f3\">* Clio: muse of history <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &apos;lucida grande&apos;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;line-height: 12px;background-color: #f1f2f3\">* Erato: muse of love poetry; also known as the muse of music <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &apos;lucida grande&apos;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;line-height: 12px;background-color: #f1f2f3\">* Euterpe: muse of lyric poetry <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &apos;lucida grande&apos;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;line-height: 12px;background-color: #f1f2f3\">* Melpomene: muse of tragedy <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &apos;lucida grande&apos;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;line-height: 12px;background-color: #f1f2f3\">* Polyhymnia: muse of sacred poetry <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &apos;lucida grande&apos;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;line-height: 12px;background-color: #f1f2f3\">* Terpsichore: muse of choral songs and dance <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &apos;lucida grande&apos;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;line-height: 12px;background-color: #f1f2f3\">* Thalia: muse of comedy <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &apos;lucida grande&apos;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;line-height: 12px;background-color: #f1f2f3\">* Urania: muse of astronomy <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &apos;lucida grande&apos;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;line-height: 12px;background-color: #f1f2f3\">~~~ <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &apos;lucida grande&apos;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;line-height: 12px;background-color: #f1f2f3\"><font color=\"#800080\">What muse goddess are you? Write about it in any form of poetry that inspires your muse. <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"><strong> <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"><strong> <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: &apos;lucida grande&apos;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;line-height: 12px;background-color: #f1f2f3\">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/font><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: &apos;lucida grande&apos;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;line-height: 12px;background-color: #f1f2f3\">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: &apos;lucida grande&apos;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;line-height: 12px;background-color: #f1f2f3\">Some pics to inspire your muse <\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"><strong> <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"><strong> <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: &apos;lucida grande&apos;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;line-height: 12px;background-color: #f1f2f3\">Erato &#8211; muse of love poetry or muse of music <\/span><\/strong><\/font><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Fling%20Pics\/?action=view&amp;current=erato_the_muse_of_love_poetry.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Fling%20Pics\/erato_the_muse_of_love_poetry.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"erato_the_muse_of_love_poetry\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Fling%20Pics\/?action=view&amp;current=love_moon_cats1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Fling%20Pics\/love_moon_cats1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"love_moon_cats1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: &apos;lucida grande&apos;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;line-height: 12px;background-color: #f1f2f3\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"><strong>or if history is what inspires your muse <\/strong><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s927.photobucket.com\/albums\/ad114\/mrobinking\/?action=view&amp;current=WHPIC.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-style: none\" src=\"http:\/\/i927.photobucket.com\/albums\/ad114\/mrobinking\/WHPIC.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: &apos;lucida grande&apos;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;line-height: 12px;background-color: #f1f2f3\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"><strong>Choral songs and dance <\/strong><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s927.photobucket.com\/albums\/ad114\/mrobinking\/?action=view&amp;current=Ministry-Music-Choir.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-style: none\" src=\"http:\/\/i927.photobucket.com\/albums\/ad114\/mrobinking\/Ministry-Music-Choir.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family: &apos;lucida grande&apos;, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 11px;line-height: 12px;background-color: #f1f2f3\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#800080\"><span style=\"line-height: 12px\"><strong>This week the Friday Fling muses on &#8211; muses!<\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"><span style=\"line-height: 12px\"><strong>Be sure to read and comment a-musingly on your fellow Pals&#8217; muse-ations. \u00a0Then go enjoy an amusing weekend!<\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\">Also, click on the heart at the top of the blog if this challenge a-muses youse!<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"6\"><strong>Fickle Finger Award For July 27th 2012<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"5\"><strong>Congratulations Diane!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"><span style=\"line-height: 12px\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Fling%20Posters%20and%20Awards\/?action=view&amp;current=72712Diane.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i136.photobucket.com\/albums\/q183\/scotorum\/Fling%20Posters%20and%20Awards\/72712Diane.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"72712 Diane\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s927.photobucket.com\/albums\/ad114\/mrobinking\/?action=view&amp;current=5090640_f520.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-style: none\" src=\"http:\/\/i927.photobucket.com\/albums\/ad114\/mrobinking\/5090640_f520.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"><strong>The Muses<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/s927.photobucket.com\/albums\/ad114\/mrobinking\/?action=view&amp;current=Muses-9-daughters-of-Zeus.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-style: none\" src=\"http:\/\/i927.photobucket.com\/albums\/ad114\/mrobinking\/Muses-9-daughters-of-Zeus.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is a Muse? Muse &#8211; a channel of inspiration for a poet Muses, in Greek mythology, were the nine daughters of the god Zeus and Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory. The muses were believed to inspire not only poets, but all artist. Nine goddesses: * Calliope: muse of epic poetry * Clio: muse of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93926\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}