2023 April PAD Challenge: Day 18
Write a poem every day of April with the 2023 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, we have our third two-for-Tuesday prompt.
For today's prompt, we have our third two-for-Tuesday prompt, which means you get two prompts, and they are:
- Write a love poem, and/or...
- Write an anti-love poem.
As longtime participants know, this is my favorite prompt, which is why it returns every challenge. Write a love poem, or write a not-love poem. By the way, if you need some inspiration, here are the best love poems (according to me anyway).
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 Love and/or Anti-Love Poem:
"portrait of an early morning couple, part 2"
leaning against a building
& each other
neither says a word
but enjoys the cool wind
waiting for the next bus
as the cars fly by
(Note on today's poem: For those who are interested, the original "portrait of an early morning couple" exists in my poetry collection, Solving the World's Problems.)
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.
