Fashionista Muse

My fashionista muse has many styles from which to choose, and how she feels determines the colors she will use. If she brims with silliness, it’s orange she could wear, for couplets can be quirky heels, and heels come in a pair! Also when lighthearted or simply wanting fun, she dresses in a limerick, often yellow like the sun. If she feels dramatic, she wears a long red gown. However, she has yet to try a sonnet with a crown! In a sonnet that’s traditional she is often seen. When she’s feeling earthy, it might even be green. Yet she more prefers to green - a heavenly cool blue while simply dressed in kyrielle, tanka or haiku. Quatrains and quaterns are styles she likes a lot. In her closet you can see how many that she’s got. Romance often suits my muse, for which are many hues: from flirty pink to lavender. She’s even got some “blues.” The terzanelle or villanelle she wears once in a while, especially for moments when they are quite in style. She can’t dance as easily when she wears free verse. That style for her can either be a blessing or a curse. Poems of the spiritual nature require that she wear white even though she’s more inclined to wear hues that are bright. The color black can suit my muse if serious is her mood or if she’s feeling some “dark humor” in her attitude. My muse wears many styles but she hates the color brown, so if you see her dressed in it, she’s sure to show a frown! Jan. 4, 2023 for Regina McIntosh's "My Muse" poetry contest