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 |  A musically-inspired challenge with writing prompts posted twice a month. Prizes included! |
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The One-Line Lyric Challenge has been updated -- please read below! Welcome to the One-Line Lyric Challenge! Every month, I will post two songs: One with a lyric prompt (start of the month) and one as a song prompt (middle of the month). Entries will be due at the end of the month for either prompt. Lyric Prompt: Write a poem or story and include the prompted lyric line somewhere in your work, word for word. It's up to you how you want to incorporate the line. Please bold the line to make it easier for me to find. It's OK if your work is loosely inspired by the song, but try not to make it too similar or copy the song. If you don't like the provided lyric prompt, you can pick a different line from the lyrics to incorporate (only one line). Song Prompt: Write a poem or story inspired by the song. You do not need to include any lyrics directly, and in some cases there may not be any lyrics. Just write whatever the music or lyrics inspires. Please link back to the challenge somewhere in your entry using {item:lyric} and post your entry as a link in the comments here. The Prizes: 5K GPs, a merit badge of my choosing, plus a guaranteed review of your entry. If you enter both prompts that month, you will get double the prizes! Feel free to listen and comment on the music or other people's entries, even if you don't plan to enter the challenge! There may be gift points in store for people who are active in the comments or share / promote the challenge. 
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| Today's song is by Mary Chapin Carpenter, an American country and folk music singer-songwriter. This is from her best selling album Come on, Come on. Now, I admit I'm not much of a fan of country music as a genre, but there are definitely exceptions. And most of those exceptions lean more on the folk or bluegrass side and less on the country. Don't worry if you aren't a country fan either; this song isn't particularly country. It is, however, very pretty in a haunting way. Mary Chapin is such a great songwriter and lyricist. Song Prompt: "I am a Town" by Mary Chapin Carpenter Lyrics: ▼ Similar to what Mary-Chapin did, you can pick something to personify, or write a story or poem around a single overarching metaphor. This is good practice if you struggle with figurative, non-literal writing. A good metaphor is a body builder training for a competition. It does a lot of heavy lifting. Or write about the town you grew up in. Or just write whatever the song inspires. Good luck! |
| This month we're going all around the world with Paul Simon. The title itself is quite fitting, as Paul Simon is well known for getting musical influence from a wide variety of different cultures. You can clearly hear African influence in the rhythms and vocal background of many of his songs, including this one. I definitely hear some blues riffs and some possibly Latin-inspired syncopation / percussion too. Enjoy a trip around the world as you write. "All Around the World" Paul Simon Lyrics: ▼ Lyric Prompt: "The myth of fingerprints" Include the above line somewhere in your entry. This one might be a challenge, but you can chose another line from the lyrics above if you don't like the given one. Note: I believe the "myth of fingerprints" refers to the popular idea that no two fingerprints are the same. |
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