2018 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 27
We’re nearly finished with the month, so here is our final Two-for-Tuesday prompt of 2018. For today’s Two-for-Tuesday prompt: ***** Master Poetic Forms! Learn how to write sestina, shadorma, haiku,…
We're nearly finished with the month, so here is our final Two-for-Tuesday prompt of 2018.
For today’s Two-for-Tuesday prompt:
- Write a shaky poem. Or…
- Write a sturdy poem.
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Master Poetic Forms!
Learn how to write sestina, shadorma, haiku, monotetra, golden shovel, and more with The Writer’s Digest Guide to Poetic Forms, by Robert Lee Brewer.
This e-book covers more than 40 poetic forms and shares examples to illustrate how each form works.
Discover a new universe of poetic possibilities and apply it to your poetry today!
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Here’s my attempt at a Shaky and/or Sturdy Poem:
“this chair”
this chair was once like an oak
but with children it soon broke
before repair made sturdy again--
just in time for the grandchildren!
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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. He'll miss Two-for-Tuesdays, but there's always next year. Follow him on Twitter @robertleebrewer.
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.
