2014 April PAD Challenge: Day 19
At the beginning of the challenge, there’s a lot of excitement about starting; at the end of the challenge, there’s excitement (and sadness) over finishing the challenge; but in the…
At the beginning of the challenge, there's a lot of excitement about starting; at the end of the challenge, there's excitement (and sadness) over finishing the challenge; but in the middle, it's kind of like the dog days of summer--at least for some. For me, each day is a new challenge. And speaking of challenges, don't forget to check out my poetic challenge with a $500 grand prize (deadline: May 15). Click here for more details.
For today's prompt, pick a color, make the color the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. You can make your poem black, white, red, purple, turquoise, puce, or whatever your heart desires. And the subject of your poem can cover any topic--as long as you've plugged a color into the title. Let's do this!
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Here's my attempt at a Color in the Title Poem:
"onyx"
my father would cover the windows
with heavy blankets the only light
a digital clock that counted slow
the minutes i didn't have patience
but i knew how to listen and keep
silent i often wonder if he
knew i wouldn't tell years later when
i did he said he could remember
nothing but admitted it could've
happened a decade keeping secrets
and keeping them alone that hurt most
father asking if i loved him and
saying to not tell a secret we
must keep and me wanting to escape
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Today's guest judge is...
Thomas Lux
Thomas Lux’s most recent book of poems is Child Made of Sand (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012). Selected Poems is due from Bloodaxe Books this fall.
He is also the author of several other books, including The Cradle Place and God Particles. In addition to poetry collections, Tom is the author of From the Southland, a book of literary nonfiction.
He holds the Bourne Chair in Poetry and is director of the McEver Visiting Writers Program at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He has been awarded multiple NEA grants and the Kingsley Tufts Award and is a former Guggenheim Fellow.
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Poem Your Heart Out
Poems, Prompts & Room to Add Your Own for the 2014 April PAD Challenge!
Words Dance Publishing is offering 20% off pre-orders for the Poem Your Heart Out anthology until May 1st! If you’d like to learn a bit more about our vision for the book, when it will be published, among other details.
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Robert Lee Brewer is Senior Content Editor of the Writer’s Digest Writing Community and author of Solving the World’s Problems. The title poem from that collection is about the relationship mentioned in the poem above. Learn more about Robert here: http://www.robertleebrewer.com/.
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Color your life with these poetic 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.
