2022 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 15
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 15 features our third Two-for-Tuesday prompt.
Today is kind of a momentous day for this challenge. It begins week three of the challenge, and once you've finished today's poem, you'll be at the half-way mark!
Also, it's our third Two-for-Tuesday prompt:
- Write a thoughtful poem, and/or...
- Write a thoughtless poem.
Remember: These prompts are springboards to creativity. Use them to expand your possibilities, not limit them.
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Play with poetic forms!
Poetic forms are fun poetic games, and this digital guide collects more than 100 poetic forms, including more established poetic forms (like sestinas and sonnets) and newer invented forms (like golden shovels and fibs).
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Here’s my attempt at a Thoughtful and/or Thoughtless Poem:
“wandering wonderings”
i admit
that i contemplate
frequently
the thought of
thoughtless things previously
done to and by me
(For my example, I chose to write a shadorma.)
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.
