2011 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 21
We’re three weeks into this challenge already. I don’t know how it is for you, but for me, it feels like we just started November a day or two ago….
We're three weeks into this challenge already. I don't know how it is for you, but for me, it feels like we just started November a day or two ago. It's like complete warp drive.
For today's prompt, take the phrase "Whenever (blank)," replace the blank with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then write your poem. Example titles could be: "Whenever I write a poem," "Whenever something good happens," "Whenever never," etc.
Here's my attempt:
"Whenever the phone rings"
I expect a million dollars
or a death in the family.
If I don't know the caller,
I expect a million dollars.
If I do and their voice falters,
I always think fatality.
I expect a million dollars
or a death in the family.
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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.
