2024 April PAD Challenge: Day 14
Write a poem every day of April with the 2024 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write an ekphrastic poem.
Somehow we'll be through two weeks in this challenge after today's poem. So let's get at it.
For today's prompt, write an ekphrastic poem. An ekphrastic poem is a poem inspired by a piece of art, whether that's a painting, a sculpture, mixed media, or something beyond all that. You can choose the piece of art to inspire you, but I've included a few pieces here in case nothing springs to mind:
- The Starry Night, by Vincent van Gogh
- The Wounded Deer, by Frida Kahlo
- The Boating Party, by Mary Cassatt
- The Scream, by Edvard Munch
- Guernica, by Pablo Picasso
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 an Ekphrastic Poem:
"The Boating Party on the Starry Night"
They stayed out a little too long,
that much is definitely true,
but there are worse ways to be wrong.
Sure, they're out a little too long,
because of the words and the song,
but stars illuminate the view
for those out a little too long,
that much is also very true.
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.
