2010 April PAD Challenge: Day 25
We’re getting down to the final days of the challenge. This is the point in the race where you can see the finish line; so dig deep and finish with…
We're getting down to the final days of the challenge. This is the point in the race where you can see the finish line; so dig deep and finish with a sprint. We're nearly there.
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For today's prompt, write a poem inspired by a song. Be sure to include the song and artist (if known) with your poem, so that we can all make our own mix CDs to write poetry.
Here's my attempt:
"All nighters"
"We like driving on a Saturday night." -Pulp "Joyriders"
We like working on a Saturday night
making new spreadsheet columns on the right--
something about money and bottom lines;
if we're making money, we can sleep fine--
but we never make enough money
to lay down our heads.
Robert Lee Brewer is Senior Editor of Writer's Digest, which includes managing the content on WritersDigest.com and programming virtual conferences. He's the author of 40 Plot Twist Prompts for Writers: Writing Ideas for Bending Stories in New Directions, The Complete Guide of Poetic Forms: 100+ Poetic Form Definitions and Examples for Poets, Poem-a-Day: 365 Poetry Writing Prompts for a Year of Poeming, and more. Also, he's the editor of Writer's Market, Poet's Market, and Guide to Literary Agents. Follow him on Twitter @robertleebrewer.
