2011 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 23
If all goes well this morning, I’ll be on the road by 5 a.m. Atlanta time. If you’re able to participate today, please help spread the word about this prompt…
If all goes well this morning, I'll be on the road by 5 a.m. Atlanta time. If you're able to participate today, please help spread the word about this prompt on Facebook, Twitter, etc., so that others can join in the poeming action today.
For today's prompt, write a travel poem. Yes, I knew I'd be on the road today, so it was a no-brainer for me to decide on what today's prompt should cover. You can come at traveling from any angle you wish, just be safe out on the roads.
Here's my attempt:
"South of the Ohio"
Folks look at you funny
if you ask for a pop
to drink. They think you mean
popcorn or anything
really besides soda.
Remember this when you
round the bend at the cut
in the hill. Feel it rush
upon you fast: You're home.
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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.
