2021 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 23
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 Unplug and/or Plug In poem.
It's time for our fourth Two-for-Tuesday prompt of the month. Usually, four is all we get, but there will be a fifth this month. For today’s prompt:
- Write an unplug poem, and/or...
- Write a plug in 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 Unplug and/or Plug In Poem:
“unplugged”
i admit there are precious times
when i prefer to disappear
from my email & things online
i confess that these precious times
help me to completely unwind
until it's time to reappear
so i'll enjoy these precious times
as i quietly disappear
(Note on form: I bent the rules a bit, but this is a form I've used a few times this month called a triolet.)
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.
