2022 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 14
For the 2022 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. Day 14 may tell a story.
Once we get through today, believe it or not, we'll be finished with the first two weeks of this challenge. Somehow the lines keep breaking, and the poems keep piling up.
For today's prompt, take the phrase "(blank) Story," replace the blanks with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. Possible titles might include: "Love Story," "Unbelievable Story," "Modern Story," and/or "Tell Me a Story."
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 Blank Story Poem:
“No Story”
I don't need a story
not every time
when something
doesn't go to plan
sometimes things
are just as they are
and there's no reason
that needs to be inserted
sometimes the story
is that there's no story
just a thing that happened
maybe good maybe bad
and maybe the next day
regardless things will go
a completely unexpected
direction and it's all
nobody's fault or if it is
it's still not the end of the world
and maybe nobody's perfect
but they're still trying
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.
