2022 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 21
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 21 involves six words.
Once we get through today, we'll be three weeks through this challenge. Way to go!
For today's prompt, use at least three of the following six words in your poem (bonus points if you can use all six):
- button
- gather
- hold
- not
- sweep
- toxic
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 Six Words Poem:
“Handheld”
She tells him to sweep the floor,
and he finds a button. He knows
he should not gather what he
finds, because it could be toxic,
but everyone needs something
to hold.
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.
