2022 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 20
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 20 features a little conflict.
For today's prompt, write a conflict poem. There are many ways to show conflict, of course. Maybe there's a physical fight or a chase scene. But also, there could be dialogue or an internal conflict. If you don't agree with any of those, then lean into that conflict!
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 Conflict Poem:
“Time of the Year”
He walks over to the toy and picks it up
before setting it back down and looking
one way and then the other and staring
into the distance. He walks to the end
of the aisle and turns left. Then, he turns
around and rushes back to the toy and
grabs it, takes a deep breath, and walks
all the way to the self-checkout lane.
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.
