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Question: Is this a non-poetic statement to a recalcitrant Muse!?
The Poet Argues With Her Muse
By Elaine Polin
My Muse and I
had an argument
over what is
and what is not
poetry!.
She made me
feel so angry
I told her
to take a long
hike!.
My Muse said
“I’m going over
to Dondi’s house
and maybe I’ll never
return!.”
That’s okay
I’m still
mad
at
her!.
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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
I know what you mean!. That dang nymph Erato always visits me in the middle of the night and then I have to get up and meet her needs!.
I write best around 3am!.
Calliope the 'beautiful of speech' chief of the muses and muse of epic or heroic poetry
Clio the 'glorious one' muse of history
Erato the 'amorous one' muse of love or erotic poetry, lyrics, and marriage songs
Euterpe the 'well-pleasing' muse of music and lyric poetry
Melpomene the 'chanting one' muse of tragedy
Polyhymnia or Polymnia the '[singer] of many hymns' muse of sacred song, oratory, lyric, singing and rhetoric
Terpsichore the '[one who] delights in dance' muse of choral song and dance
Thalia the 'blossoming one' muse of comedy and bucolic poetry
Urania the 'celestial one' muse of astronomyWww@QuestionHome@Com
It's quite a poetic statement!. Your muse will come back, tail dragging!. They always do:
Has anybody seen
my old lady muse I been
runnin up the street lookin
she’ll be on a barstool somewhere
showin her stockingtops and lending
inspirations to songwriters painters
and all those sushi chefs
and I can’t write a
single
untired
coherent
word
after
another -
look:
all is just twisted eggs
shuttlecocks blending
fires and hedgerows in sleek
Euclidian doldrums -
nasturtium f**kpiles
waitin for the day she’ll
come back to me but
she keeps movin away
like a cloud above a tree above a man
still
above the ground
movin away
anyway
ouch
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Just like words, Elaine, either you control this muse to your motives, or she will control you, and take vacations whenever she wants!!!
Good, meaningfull poem on this happy Sunday!!!Www@QuestionHome@Com
It's wonderfully funny! I'm still chuckling!.
Muse, muse stay away
come again another day!.
T!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
I think it is!. Though in modern writing, it seems a line between prose and poetry seems to be rather fine!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Don't worry, All the muses are sleeping it off after Buk's Barn Dance last night, you were there, too!. the pictures are there!Www@QuestionHome@Com
That's very nice Elaine!.!.!.!.!.and so your Muse is now with our Dondi!? Dondi's Muse is one of the most musical and plentiful one!.!.!.and so is yours!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
I'm sure Dondi was a perfect gentleman and most likely sang her to sleep!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Sometimes my muse is really a gremlin!.
It chooses me, I do not choose it!.
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I keep my muse in a satchel filled with dried flowers and harmony!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Can I go to Dondi`s house!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Your Muse is sleeping off a doozie ,,,Lampshade and All,,,,Www@QuestionHome@Com
Act 1
Scene 3
( I trust you follow me)Www@QuestionHome@Com
Your muse is here
A beauty too
But she will
Go back home
I made a pass
She slapped my face
Now she is mad
with me
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Love this side of you, Elaine!
Obviously she never left you!.!.!.!.
to my delight!
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