2013 April PAD Challenge: Day 30
Today is the final day. We made it! Tomorrow, we’ll revert back to our Wednesday Poetry Prompts, though I won’t be surprised if quite a few poets take a breather….
Today is the final day. We made it! Tomorrow, we'll revert back to our Wednesday Poetry Prompts, though I won't be surprised if quite a few poets take a breather. I'm also hoping to post the wrap-up post tomorrow. So watch for it.
For today's prompt, which is a Two-for-Tuesday prompt, pick one (or both):
- Write a finished poem.
- Write a never finished poem.
Here's my attempt:
"book"
she closes it
sets in on the window still
& looks outside
the sun's brightness
frightens her
away from the door
& toward another
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Writing poetry is exciting, but the hard work of poeming is working through the revision process. The best way to work through this process is to workshop the poems with other poets, and that can be done with the Writer's Digest 6-week course, Advanced Poetry Writing.
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Want some more poeming fun? Check out these previous Poetic Asides posts:
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.
