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    Commentary and Philosophy  Poetry


FanStory wrote to Eternal Muse: Looking For a Prince finished third in the contest "Online Personal Ad"
    karenina: Loved this! Congrats!

    Karenina -
    Susanne M. Psyris: Congrats on your third place win!!! You had to win, place, or show...smiling. -


FanStory wrote to Eternal Muse: Congratulations! Honorable Mention Finish in the Reviewing Contest!


Eternal Muse: After being away from FS for almost three years, I am happy to be back! I missed you all.

    Father Flaps: We're glad to have you back, Eternal Muse. I didn't recognize the name, but I do recall "yeltel". You've been a member since 2006, 4 years longer than me. I hope we run into each other in the halls of Fanstory. -
    Anissha Blackwell1: Welcome back. The community at FS looks forward to more of your exceptional artistic masterpieces. -


FanStory wrote to Eternal Muse: The Winter's Magic finished second in the contest "Write an Awdl Gynt poem"


FanStory wrote to Eternal Muse: The Rose Heaven finished second in the contest "SweetLinda Pic"


FanStory wrote to Eternal Muse: Congratulations on earning a Seal of Quality.
    redrider6612: Congratulations! What an awesome achievement. -
    Gypsymooncat: Congratulations! Had a look at this collection, and I'd say it is more than deserving of a Seal, and enjoyed every haunting word. Good on you! Cheers :) xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox -
    rama devi: Hurray! Congratulations. you deserve it, dear. I'm so proud of all the work you've done on this. ** Kudos! ** -
    Bellydanser: Wonderful, Yeltel! You deserve this honor. -
    juliaSjames: Warm congratulations on this achievement. -
    Eternal Muse: Thank you, everybody. Your words and support mean a lot to me. I wouldn't have done it without you! -
    Earl of Oxford: Very well done and thoroughly deserved, Yelena. You're an excellent poet who writes and appreciates the best, IMHO, forms of REAL poetry.

    Ray x -
    sunnilicious: Seal of Quality... you got one. That's nice. Congratulations. -
    Dean Kuch: Congratulations, Yelena! That's fabulous, and I am very happy for you. -
    Charlieboy123: Level one pro that's where I want to go...learning here... Good job... -
    Susanne M. Psyris: Yelena...slight confusion on my part. I wanted to be sure I was getting it right, but according to this I am not? "An advanced form of crown of sonnets is also called a sonnet redoublé or heroic crown, comprising fifteen sonnets, in which the sonnets are linked as described above, but the final binding sonnet is made up of all the first lines of the preceding fourteen, in order." Courtesy of Wikkipedia. Help, please!!!
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    Eternal Muse: Dearest Susanne,

    It is possible that there are variations to the crown of sonnets. I took the reigns for this contest 5 years ago from another poet who since left this site. This is the way this contest was presented, and I fell in love with the form. The original version was tougher, no repeat rhymes were allowed except for the linking of sonnets. It was very difficult to accomplish, and after the first year I took off that rule.

    So, now, the rules of OUR Crown of Heroic Sonnets are:

    The Crown of heroic sonnets is a sequence of seven heroic sonnets usually addressed to one person. It is concerned with a single theme and each sonnet explores a different aspect of the theme and is linked to the preceding and succeeding sonnets by repeating the final line of the preceding sonnet as its first line and by having its final line be the first line of the succeeding sonnet.

    The first line of the first sonnet is repeated as the final line of the final sonnet thereby bringing the sequence to a close.

    Looking forward for your entry, Susanne. -