2021 April PAD Challenge: Day 17
Write a poem every day of April with the 2021 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write a waiting poem.
I hope you haven't been waiting too long for today's prompt.
For today's prompt, write a waiting poem. It could be about waiting tables, but it can also involve any interpretation of waiting. Waiting in line at the store or for a package in the mail or whatever else someone (or something) might wait for.
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 Waiting Poem:
"in the village of my mind"
we wait for the slightest cue
to send us into a frenzy
whether jubilation or anarchy
our pitchforks and fireworks
are packed side by side & we
anticipate the slightest news
our hands up & mouths moving
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.
