2021 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 18
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 a Thursday poem.
Believe it or not, we'll be two-thirds of the way through this challenge after finishing today's poem. So it's not just any old Thursday, but having said that...
For today's prompt, write a Thursday poem. I've long pondered how Thursday seems to be the most overlooked day of the week. Monday is the start of the work week; Tuesday, for many, is the real start of the work week; Wednesday is the middle; Friday leads into the weekend; and well, the weekend is the weekend. But poor Thursday is hiding in the shadows. Come at this prompt as you will, but let's give a little poetic love to Thursday.
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 Thursday Poem:
“On a Thursday”
What can you do on a Thursday
that can't be undone tomorrow?
Some people work, and others play,
but is that it for my Thursdays?
No one I know has much to say
or ideas that I could borrow...
What can you do on a Thursday
that can't be undone tomorrow?
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.
