Challenge
Prose Challenge of the Week #52: Pick a classic poem and re-write it, modernize it, and share your poetic interpretation of the piece. The winner will be chosen based on a number of criteria, this includes: fire, form, and creative edge. Number of reads, bookmarks, and shares will also be taken into consideration. The winner will receive $100 and will be placed first on our Spotlight page and the runner-up will receive 1000 coins. When sharing to social media, please use the hashtag #itslit
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Trivial Pursuit (based on T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land”)
August is the birthday month, marking
The days when loved ones first arrived, mixing
The generations for a game, bringing
Us all together for a celebration.
Knowledge and memory, combining
Sports, arts, literature and the rest, requiring
Trivial things, really.
Jen surprised us, rolling the dice in her paws,
Oh how she cheats! We banned her,
And went on to play into the night,
And had another drink, and maybe a second dessert.
Hablo muy poco español.
And the youngest knew which snake it was,
When the question came. And the next said,
I know which president was on TV first. And they were right.
In the mountains, here we play.
It helps to read, much of the night, and remember it all.