2021 April PAD Challenge: Day 12
Write a poem every day of April with the 2021 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write a six words poem.
Happy Monday! After today's poem, we'll be 40% of the way through this challenge (who needs a calculator when you've got me, right?). So let's get into today's very number-y and wordy poetry prompt.
For today's prompt, write a poem using at least three of the following six words: convict, great, play, race, season, and voice. Extra credit for using all six words. Extra extra credit for writing a sestina. It's not a race, so I won't convict anyone who can't use all six words, but it is the definitely the season to play around and share your great voice. Now!
Remember: These prompts are springboards to creativity. Use them to expand your possibilities, not limit them.
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Here’s my attempt at a Six Words Poem:
"early bird: 2/13 of a sestina"
the way some birds talk you'd think they'd convict
a bird for having the gumption to race
from place to place when worms are in season
it's no crime to work when the others play
or sleep late in the day i say it's great
to grab an early snack & tweet my voice
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.
