2015 April PAD Challenge: Day 10
One of the cool parts of the challenge is having the chance to be included in the second volume of the Poem Your Heart Out anthology. The book includes each…
One of the cool parts of the challenge is having the chance to be included in the second volume of the Poem Your Heart Out anthology. The book includes each prompt, the winning poem for that prompt, space to put your own poem(s), and more. The first volume rocked, and you can get a discount by pre-ordering volume two before May 1, 2015. Click to continue.
For today's prompt, take the phrase "How (blank)," replace the blank with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. Possible titles include: "How to Write a Poem," "How Mechanical Pencils Work," and "Howling at the Moon After Midnight in the Middle of a Thunderstorm."
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Here's my attempt at a How Blank Poem:
"How Words Work"
words, you say, more words,
and, yes, i get what you're
getting at--my words
don't do the laundry
or the dishes or spark
forest fires in the middle
of an ocean anymore,
but what else do i have
to express my heart,
my soul, and you smile
and say, open your mouth
only to kiss me.
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Today's guest judge is...
Ruben Quesada
Ruben Quesada is editor of the forthcoming volume, Latino Poetics: Essays from University of New Mexico Press, author of Next Extinct Mammal and Exiled from the Throne of Night. He is poetry editor for The Cossack Review, Cobalt Review, and Luna Luna Magazine.
A fellow of CantoMundo, Napa Valley Writers' Conference, Vermont Studio Center, Squaw Valley Writers, and Lambda Literary Retreat, his writing appears in Guernica, Rattle, American Poetry Review, The Rumpus, and The California Journal of Poetics. He is a professor of English and creative writing for the performing arts at Eastern Illinois University.
Learn more at RubenQuesada.com.
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Poem Your Heart Out again!
The prompts from last year’s challenge along with the winning poem from each day ended up in an inspired little anthology titled Poem Your Heart Out. It was part prompt book, part poetry anthology, and part workbook, because each day includes a few pages for you to make your own contributions.
Anyway, the anthology worked out so well that we’re doing it again this year, and you can take advantage of a 20% discount from Words Dance by pre-ordering before May 1, 2015.
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