Modern muses

In Competition No. 2504 you were invited to invent nine muses for the 21st century.
It was left to you to decide which form to use, so variety was the order of the day. Some went for straightforward lists; others for verse. D.A. Prince kindly provided her line-up with symbols, but most didn’t. While the lion’s share of entrants had fun coming up with 21st-century names, William Danes-Volkov went out on a limb, sticking to the designations of the original nine but giving them new jobs, more fitting to the modern age.
Bill Greenwell hit the spot with ‘Proactiviope, the muse of business memoranda and blue sky thinking’ as did Michael Saxby’s ‘Portia, the muse of fast motoring’. A commendation goes to Frank McDonald. Here’s a snippet: ‘If dancing delights you Forsythia will call/ and robe you in raiment that’s fit for a ball.’ Champion.
The winners, printed below, net £30 each. Mary Holtby gets £35.