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The One-Line Lyric Challenge

by Anni Pon

Rated: 13+ · Book · Activity · #2293321

A musically-inspired challenge with writing prompts posted twice a month. Prizes included!

The One-Line Lyric Challenge has been updated -- please read below!

Welcome to the One-Line Lyric Challenge!

Every month, I will post two songs: One with a lyric prompt (start of the month) and one as a song prompt (middle of the month).
Entries will be due at the end of the month for either prompt.

Lyric Prompt: Write a poem or story and include the prompted lyric line somewhere in your work, word for word. It's up to you how you want to incorporate the line. Please bold the line to make it easier for me to find. It's OK if your work is loosely inspired by the song, but try not to make it too similar or copy the song. If you don't like the provided lyric prompt, you can pick a different line from the lyrics to incorporate (only one line).

Song Prompt: Write a poem or story inspired by the song. You do not need to include any lyrics directly, and in some cases there may not be any lyrics. Just write whatever the music or lyrics inspires.

Please link back to the challenge somewhere in your entry using {item:lyric} and post your entry as a link in the comments here.

The Prizes: 5K GPs, a merit badge of my choosing, plus a guaranteed review of your entry.
If you enter both prompts that month, you will get double the prizes!

Feel free to listen and comment on the music or other people's entries, even if you don't plan to enter the challenge! There may be gift points in store for people who are active in the comments or share / promote the challenge.

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

Solace.Bring

Nov 8, 2024 at 12:54am
In response to "Karma Police"

One-Line Lyric Challenge, lyric prompt: “he’s like a detuned radio” from Karma Police by Radiohead

"Fluctuation"

1 Like

Solace.Bring

Oct 19, 2024 at 2:24am
In response to "Do You Believe"

Inspired by "Do You Believe" by Here Come the Mummies ...

Let Magic Lead

There are certain things that can’t be explained,
Things so bizarre that can blow your mind.
They come from a place filled with magic,
And to take them lightly would be purely tragic.

Some are superstitious, some don’t care,
And some, like you, have suspicions keen.
I can’t give you reasons, I will only say
that what you believe will lead your way.

So don’t give up; let the magic come ‘round,
And get swept up in its haunting powers.
If you believe, and I think you might --
Reach out, grab hold, and hang on tight.

~ ~ ~
12 lines
One-Line-Lyric Challenge, song prompt: "Do You Believe" by Here Come the Mummies

[Visit the entry for more...]

2 Like

Solace.Bring

Oct 5, 2024 at 11:01am
In response to "Undun"

One-Line-Lyric Challenge, lyric prompt: It was too late from "Undun" by The Guess Who

I Lost

I wanted to sing forever,
but sadly, I lost my sweet voice.
Turned out, it was too late.
Luck just wouldn’t wait,
So I was left with no choice.

I wished to dance forever
but lost my dancing shoes.
Searched for them everywhere
but no one seemed to care.
That’s typical, when you lose.

I hoped to speak with finesse,
touch people’s hearts with a word.
But thoughts became hazy;
drive faded to lazy
and fluttered away like a bird.

So I gave up on my efforts;
none would turn out to come true.

[Visit the entry for more...]

1 Like

AnotherDreamer

Oct 2, 2024 at 12:04pm
In response to "Undun"

STATIC

She's Come Undone

(18+)
The un thought out plan
#2327865 by AnotherDreamer

1 Like

Solace.Bring

Sep 16, 2024 at 4:29am
In response to "Papaoutai"

song prompt: "Papaoutai" by Stromae

18 lines

"Disposable"

1 Like

Kåre เลียม Enga

Sep 16, 2024 at 12:31am
In response to "Papaoutai"

Dancing is fun! But the lyrics are very sad. I'm not sure I'll be able to write to this but I'll try.

1 Like

Solace.Bring

Sep 8, 2024 at 12:37pm
In response to "Burning Down the House"

lyric prompt: "strange but not a stranger" ( from "Burning Down the House" by Paramore )

18 lines

"So Strange"

1 Like

Kåre เลียม Enga

Aug 31, 2024 at 5:31pm
In response to "I am a Town"

STATIC

I am a field

(13+)
After Mary Chapin Carpenter's "I am a town"
#2325809 by Kåre เลียม Enga

1 Like

AddledThinker

Aug 30, 2024 at 11:34am
In response to "I am a Town"

https://www.writing.com/main/view_item/item_id/2326001-slow-dancing-with-death

1 Like

Kåre เลียม Enga

Aug 29, 2024 at 11:34pm
In response to "All Around the World (The Myth of Fingerprints)"

Very loosely based on lyrics. 18 lines.

STATIC

Fingerpainting fingerprints...

(18+)
Thai massages leave their fingerprints ... stretch your flesh.
#2325808 by Kåre เลียม Enga

1 Like

#28. Karma Police
ID #1079334 entered on November 1, 2024 at 9:00pm

#27. Do You Believe
ID #1078439 entered on October 17, 2024 at 12:28am

#26. Undun
ID #1077586 entered on October 1, 2024 at 11:16pm

#25. Papaoutai
ID #1076854 entered on September 16, 2024 at 11:49am

#24. Burning Down the House
ID #1076018 entered on September 15, 2024 at 11:23pm

#23. I am a Town
ID #1075364 entered on August 17, 2024 at 11:29am

#22. All Around the World (The Myth of Fingerprints)
ID #1074668 entered on August 17, 2024 at 4:28pm

#21. Wish You Were Here
ID #1074045 entered on July 16, 2024 at 9:50pm

#20. Ah, Mary
ID #1073435 entered on July 1, 2024 at 9:58pm

#19. Heroes and Villains
ID #1072729 entered on June 16, 2024 at 12:17pm

#18. Casey Jones
ID #1071990 entered on June 2, 2024 at 11:12pm

#17. Masquerade
ID #1071291 entered on May 17, 2024 at 9:47pm

#16. Still Feeling You
ID #1070449 entered on May 8, 2024 at 11:14pm

#15. Rhiannon
ID #1068776 entered on April 14, 2024 at 9:11pm

#14. Radio Song
ID #1066252 entered on March 14, 2024 at 2:26pm

#13. The Feeling
ID #1063457 entered on February 6, 2024 at 12:42am

#12. Be Free
ID #1062380 entered on January 14, 2024 at 1:07pm

#11. Look Around
ID #1061118 entered on December 17, 2023 at 11:09pm

#10. The Good Life
ID #1059708 entered on November 19, 2023 at 5:12pm

#9. World Go 'Round
ID #1057408 entered on October 15, 2023 at 11:20am

#8. Silent Sea
ID #1055777 entered on September 16, 2023 at 9:59am

#7. Enjoy the Ride
ID #1054461 entered on November 20, 2023 at 4:42pm

#6. Saturday in the Park
ID #1052929 entered on July 22, 2023 at 2:09pm

#5. Plane
ID #1051243 entered on June 18, 2023 at 11:56am

#4. By The Time
ID #1049565 entered on May 14, 2023 at 1:08pm

#3. Vahevala
ID #1048300 entered on April 26, 2023 at 11:04pm

#2. Where I Go
ID #1047357 entered on April 16, 2023 at 5:09pm

#1. So Sad So Lonely
ID #1047355 entered on April 16, 2023 at 5:10pm

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