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Poememes prompt challenge begins (Sept. 10)

What is it: A weekly challenge hosted by our sister sites: Canvas Poetry and Canvas Alcove (the forum). Poememes is a hybrid term combining poem and meme. However we define meme as any medium that can be used to support and make art and write verse. (that is our short-hand version).

To simplify it a bit more here's our "formula" art+1verse=poememe

Where is it: Visit the blog or forum every thursday for the prompt. Prompts run from Thursday to midnight the following Wednesday.

How can I participate: Translate the prompt however you wish by using whatever medium your heart desires and make sure it has your own verse written, typed, etc. on your piece.

Upload it to the forums. Or upload it to your blog, site, photo sharing media and share the direct link on the forums, social media by using #poememes, or in the comments of the prompt challenge post on Canvas Poetry.

Some suggested art mediums (to help you get started):

• Canvas or Burlap
• Washi Tape
• Paint
• Vellum
• Scrapbook Paper
• Inkpads/Stamps
• Index Cards
• File Folders
• Assorted Embellishments
• Stencils
• ETC.

Guidelines:

1. Your poememe must be your OWN work in response to the weekly prompt.
2. Your poememe must have a textual element as well as an artistic element.
3. Your poememe must not convey or otherwise depict anything hateful, violent, or be sexual in nature.
4. If you are sharing your piece on your blog or site please link directly to your poememes
5. Let's get tangled in verse and paint in our hair....I mean, Let's have some fun!

*Join our forum and post your piece to the appropriate prompt thread gets you 50 leaves in forum ca$h!!!!!*

Helpful Links:
Poememes: New Prompts to Begin
Poememes Original Prompt Challenge
Poememes Archive

On the Canvas Alcove forum you can earn Leaves (our forum cash)! From participating in games and contests to posting threads,comments,polls and more!

Here's a breakdown of the earning amounts:

Join bonus: 30
New thread: 3
New Poll: 1
New Full Reply: 2
New Quick Reply: 1
Referral Program 20 for each new
member you referr.
Poememes: 50

Games & Contests*

Some games and contests may have different
forum cash earning amounts/monetary awards. Read those threads carefully.

Note: the earnings you receive from posting and comments will appear in realtime after you post them.

Referrals, games, and contest earnings or winnings will have to be adjusted manually!


Note: If you ever have a problem with your forum "wallet" and you notice that you did not earn your leaves please PM j.ajabad with links to your posts/comments.

I'm glad you revived your story. Isn't it funny how sometimes the story is rolling and then all of a sudden we get stuck? Happy Writing!

This my third tangle. Im posting them a out of order, LOL! I wanted to add an ink border and use a vintage-like filter. I like the beams in this piece. This took me almost two days. 

This thread for those who either think they are not creative or sometimes find themselves doubtng their creative gift(s).

How do you define creativity?

Why do you think you are not creative?

I came across an article about an Ancient Egyptian coffin dated at the time of Persia's conquest of Egypt.

The coffin depicts the funerarl scene drawn by what Egyptologists claim to have been an amateur artist due to the Falcon head bed and the comical canopic jars. Despite these images Egyptologists claim the coffin is real due to carbon dating results and
the fact that the materials used were
relevant to it's age.

Scientists cite the Persian rule of Egypt as a brain drain because the rulers deported many Egyptian artists from their homeland.

Read the whole article and decide for yourself here:

m.livescience.com/48984-ancient-egyptian-coffin-photos.html

Share with us what you think....

Share those ol art school projects, poetry, short stories. Or share projects you created a year or 10+ years ago. We wanna see'em!

Your projects can be of any genre!