2012 April PAD Challenge: Day 27
Before today’s prompt, I just wanted to say thank you to Poetic Asides regular Cara Holman for featuring me on her Poet Showcase series. It’s really an honor, and I…
Before today's prompt, I just wanted to say thank you to Poetic Asides regular Cara Holman for featuring me on her Poet Showcase series. It's really an honor, and I always feel so lucky to be associated with so many talented poets. Click here to read the post.
For today's prompt, take the phrase "The Trouble Is (blank)," replace the blank with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of the poem, and then, write the poem. Example titles may include: "The Trouble Is You," "The Trouble Is Figuring Out How to End This Poem," or "The Trouble Is What I'm Always Finding."
Here's my attempt:
"The Trouble Is Fire"
It strikes and burns
everything
that gets in its
way before it
finally stops
leaving nothing
but ash and some
burnt memories.
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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.
