2014 April PAD Challenge: Day 29
Here’s a quick behind the scenes of the April PAD Challenge: I always get the prompts set in stone before the month begins. There are a couple reasons for this,…
Here's a quick behind the scenes of the April PAD Challenge: I always get the prompts set in stone before the month begins. There are a couple reasons for this, though the most important reason is that I don't want to get "prompt block" and slow everyone else up during the month. However, the death of Gabriel Garcia Marquez--one of my favorite writers--forced my hand, and I changed today's Two-for-Tuesday prompt mid-month. Enjoy!
The final Two-for-Tuesday prompt for this month is:
- Write a realism poem. A poem that is rooted in the real world. Or...
- Write a magical poem. A poem that incorporates magical or fantastical elements.
Or write like Gabriel Garcia Marquez and do both!
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Get the National Poetry Month Kit!
Yes, this has been another great National Poetry Month, and here’s a great kit to celebrate: The Writer’s Digest National Poetry Month Kit, which includes a digital version of The Poetry Dictionary, a couple paperbacks (Creating Poetry and Writing the Life Poetic), a tutorial on building an audience for your poetry, the 2014 Poet’s Market, and more!
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Here's my attempt at a Realism and/or Magical Poem:
"young men with enormous wings"
listen the ocean has fish
for every mood & the sun
can only travel so deep
beneath the surface we hide
our intentions mako sharks
swim figure 8s & approach
with open mouths before they
attack we ran along docks
watching fish scatter as we
dove into the azure sky
spreading our wings & flying
to the vermillion sunset
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Today's guest judge is...
Adam Fitzgerald
Adam is the author of The Late Parade, his debut collection of poetry from W. W. Norton’s historic Liveright imprint. A 2005 graduate of Boston College, in 2008 he received his Masters in Editorial Studies from Boston University’s Editorial Institute. In 2010, he received his MFA from Columbia University’s School of the Arts.
Adam’s poems, essays and interviews have appeared in A Public Space, Boston Review, Conjunctions, Poetry, and elsewhere. He is the founding editor of the poetry journal Maggy and contributing editor for The American Reader. In September 2013, he co-curated the immersive-environment exhibit “John Ashbery Collects: Poet Among Things” for Loretta Howard Gallery in Chelsea, New York. Next summer, he will direct The Ashbery Home School in Hudson, New York with Timothy Donnelly and Dorothea Lasky.
He teaches at The New School and Rutgers University, and lives in a pea-sized studio in NYC.
Learn more here: http://www.thelateparade.com/.
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Poem Your Heart Out
Poems, Prompts & Room to Add Your Own for the 2014 April PAD Challenge!
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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. His favorite Marquez story is "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings," though he also loves the short novel Chronicle of a Death Foretold. Learn more about Robert here: http://www.robertleebrewer.com/.
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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.
