2011 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 25
For today’s prompt, please write a consumption poem. There are any number of things we consume as people, and even more if you think outside the human experience. Some are…
For today's prompt, please write a consumption poem. There are any number of things we consume as people, and even more if you think outside the human experience. Some are good, some not so much. But there's so much consumption going on every single day that it's a great topic for poeming.
Here's my attempt:
"Black (out) Friday"
I'd be up hunting for the best deals too
if it weren't for yesterday and all that
food and football. I'd say maybe next year,
but I know both my stomach and taste buds
too well. So good on you for getting up
and helping the economy. I'll be
content to pay more so I can sleep in.
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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.
