2015 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 23
For today’s prompt, write an apology poem. I’m sorry, but I don’t have anything to add to what this type of poem might entail. ***** Re-create Your Poetry! Revision doesn’t…
For today's prompt, write an apology poem. I'm sorry, but I don't have anything to add to what this type of poem might entail.
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Re-create Your Poetry!
Revision doesn’t have to be a chore–something that should be done after the excitement of composing the first draft. Rather, it’s an extension of the creation process!
In the 48-minute tutorial video Re-creating Poetry: How to Revise Poems, poets will be inspired with several ways to re-create their poems with the help of seven revision filters that they can turn to again and again.
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Here’s my attempt at an Apology poem:
“Dreaming”
Marcus jumped up from his dream rattled and shaky.
In it, he saw Jesse, but he wasn't Jesse, not quite;
and he saw Clara, but she wasn't quite Clara; and
Marcus was being chased by both (though not quite
both) of them through most of the dream...until...
he actually had to hunt for them...and...to kill.
It took a while for the room around him to grow
still. Marcus jumped at every shadow that didn't
move, every noise that didn't sound. A distant
train whistle about made him yelp. The dream
felt so real, and he had a hammer, along with
a wooden stake. He was looking at Jesse,
saying to Clara, "I'm so sorry. I don't want to
do this. I'm sorry, but I have to kill you."
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Robert Lee Brewer is Senior Content Editor of the Writer’s Digest Writing Community and author of the poetry collection, Solving the World’s Problems (Press 53). He edits Poet’s Market and Writer’s Market, in addition to writing a free weekly WritersMarket.com newsletter and a poetry column for Writer’s Digest magazine.
This is his eighth year of hosting and participating in the November PAD (Poem-A-Day) Chapbook Challenge. He can’t wait to see what everyone creates this month–not only on a day-by-day basis, but when the chapbooks start arriving in December and January. Fun, fun, fun.
Follow him on Twitter @robertleebrewer.
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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.
