[epigone]

I can't vouch for the site, but it is an interesting prompt: http://poetrybusinessmanager.com/1st...oetry-contest/

[Julie Steiner]

Some may enjoy this Wall Street Journal article from last December, in a similar vein:

http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-do-y...sic-1417559938

Oh, bother, it seems to be one of those subscriber-only thingies. Here are a few bits that made me chuckle:

Mr. Wang, 30 years old, said his inspiration for the work [a comic comic opera] came during his first year at the University of Maryland School of Law, where he discovered Justice Scalia’s favorite expressive vehicle: the dissent.

“Every time I saw the three magic words, ‘Scalia, J., dissenting,’ there would be an operatic outpouring…a very dramatic, very powerful piece of prose. I speculate that it’s that spirit that inspires a lot of people, myself included, to examine his opinions through the lens of art,” said Mr. Wang, who as an undergrad wrote music for Harvard’s Hasty Pudding shows.

In one aria, “The Justices Are Blind,” Justice Scalia rails against his colleagues for outvoting him.

“Though you are all aligned/In your decision to flout this,/The Constitution says/Absolutely nothing about this,” Justice Scalia sings, with a line taken from his dissent in Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, a 1992 decision upholding abortion rights.