2021 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 17
For the 2021 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 an Object poem.
For today's prompt, write an object poem. Your poem could describe an object. For instance, I once wrote a poem describing a pencil. But if you're not into description, you can just mention an object in the poem.
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 an Object Poem:
“notebook”
i can't wait to fill you with words
& ideas & doodles & stuff
that to many might seem absurd
i can't wait to fill you with words
that i've spoken & that i've heard
in times that were possibly rough
& so i will fill you with words
& ideas & doodles & stuff
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.
