Don't know much about history...

Or maybe you do. But either way, this is your chance to write a poem that is inspired by your favorite historical character. Real, not imaginary. But beyond that, this is poetry, and hopefully you will also be inspired to let your imagination take reign. Or rule.Whether they are themselves inspiring the masses or whispering a soliloquy to themselves in their darkest hour, beheading the peasants or wandering as ghosts down through drafty towers, let your own eloquence shine with the crown jewels of metaphor, simile, and other shiny literary devices.

Please PM your contest entries to me. The fact of your entry should not be revealed elsewhere on the forum. The contest, which is open now, will close one month from today, March 28, 2013.

Have fun, and long live the king or queen-of poetry, that is.