2022 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 19
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 19 may or may not involve mythology.
For today's prompt, take the phrase "The Myth of (blank)," 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: "The Myth of Falling in Love," "The Myth of a Relaxing Vacation," "The Myth of Ash Ketchum," and/or "The Myth of the Perfect Pizza."
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 The Myth of Blank Poem:
“The Myth of a Work-Life Balance”
He spends the morning in bed
staring up at a ceiling fan
with the one he loves in his arms
wondering if he sent that final email.
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.
