2021 April PAD Challenge: Day 2
Write a poem every day of April with the 2021 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write a “what does the future hold” poem.
Wow! That was an exciting first day of poeming. Today, we're actually going to do something a little different than normal (on the second day already).
For today's prompt, I want you to answer the question, "What does the future hold?" Then, make your answer the title of your poem and write your poem. Your answer could a general idea about the future like "Robots Will Rule the World" or a more personal thing like "Veggie Pizza and Sweet Tea." Even if it's not in your title, I'm hopeful the future holds a lot more poeming.
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 What Does the Future Hold Poem:
"absurdity"
the metaphor is a simile
conjunction word
surrounded by outer space in a hollow pumpkin
juggle the smuggled apostrophes
(((insinuate)))
mathematical theorems
& we all wish to dance in the street
birds are smoke birds like smoke
(For today's poem, I wrote a descort. Find more the guidelines for this poetic form and more than 160 others here.)
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.
