2023 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 4
For the 2023 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 4 is to write a catching poem.
For today’s prompt, write a catching poem. People can catch a ball, a cold, a fish, or a fever. It's possible to catch a line or someone's drift (or meaning). I hope everyone catches fire today with poetic inspiration.
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 Catching Poem:
“A Catch”
They say what goes up must come down,
the earth is flat, and the world is round;
never count your chickens before they hatch,
because there's always some hidden catch;
and I know what they say is mostly true,
but every catch is worth loving you.
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.
