2019 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 21
For the 2019 November PAD Chapbook Challenge, poets are tasked with writing a poem a day in the month of November before assembling a chapbook manuscript in the month of December. Today’s prompt is to write a Travel Poem.
For the 2019 November PAD Chapbook Challenge, poets are tasked with writing a poem a day in the month of November before assembling a chapbook manuscript in the month of December. Today's prompt is to write a Travel Poem.
For today's prompt, write a travel poem. There are so many ways a person can travel--by train, plane, automobile; by horse, roller skates, rickshaw; by trolley, hot air balloon, on foot. And the journey is one part of travel, but there's also the landscapes, cultures, and anxiety. So many places to go--physically and poetically.
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Here’s my attempt at a Travel Poem:
“Time to Go”
Before I go, I always take these:
My wallet, smart phone, and set of keys.
My wallet is just a rubberband
holding my cards and money like a hand.
My smart phone connects me to the world
with mighty tech that has been unfurled.
My keys I need to make my car go
and let me in when I return home.
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.
