Well done folks! What we lacked in mass, we made up for with mastery. The challenge was to make a 7 line poem that used Zeugma, a literary device meant to bend words into double meaning, most effectively.
Pendragon- Your poem embraced the idea of duality in a way that left me smirking. It displays sound imagery and very well played meter. The last line serves as what seems to be a bit of a non-sequitur, which further emphasizes the zeugma within and makes for an entertaining twist. I thoroughly enjoyed digging into this poem. The union of the two emotions in the final line was tight, and turned zeugma into your tool.
Hillwalker- "Honky-Tonk Woman" was pure entertainment from the first line. "Bile-Bearing Lips" held me in place for a moment contemplating its' several possible meanings before I could move forward. It presents zeugma after zeugma to tell a fun and funny tale. It also effectively uses a break in rhyme to turn about line four, which also takes advantage of the freedom I was hoping to see in this form. So much impact, it rocked my socks and the world.
Jesterhead- Benny Benassi and the Biz couldn't beast it the way you did: Excellent work! The way each line orbits around the center, and the message there, as well as the first and final was very skillfully accomplished. Lines five and six especially, for me, are pregnant with potency. Almost as strong as your imagery, but the zeugma there (5) was subtle and makes your work a marvel of intricacy despite it's overarching... eheh, arching/aching? Effective and near erotic, this was a contender.
Winner
Tough call. All three entries displayed a level of skill and talent to make me jealous and inspired at once. The challenge was to most effectively use zeugma. While each poem did just that, I feel like Hillwalker earned the win, but if any one of you visit "the whistling nun", the first drink's on me or the floor.
