2019 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 29
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 Have Blank 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 Have Blank Poem.
For today's prompt, take the phrase "Have (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: "Have a Nice Day," "Have a Heart," "Have a Go," and/or "Have You Ever Been to Green Day Concert?"
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Here’s my attempt at a Have Blank Poem:
“Have you ever wondered”
Have you ever wondered where your teeth go
when the tooth fairy takes them at night?
Are they recycled or ground into snow?
Does she hoard them away from all sight?
Have you ever wondered what teachers do
after their students leave for the day?
Do they run in the halls or mess with glue?
Do they all shout and roughhouse and play?
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.
