2022 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 26
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 26 requires a second thought.
For today's prompt, write a second thought poem. Maybe you could rethink a poem from earlier in the month. Or give a second thought to a position you've taken in the past. Or rethink a conversation earlier this week. Or well, I'll let you think about it.
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 Second Thought Poem:
“Without a Second Thought”
He walked down the street
and down the steps
to the subway
and without looking back
boarded the first train
and rode it to the end
of the line
and wandered around
until the sun set
and the electric lights
reminded him to return
and think about what
drove him out
and away in the first place.
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.
