2024 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 28
For the 2024 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 28 is to write a celebration poem.
For today’s prompt, write a celebration poem. In the States, many celebrate Thanksgiving today, but there are any number of other celebrations people can have, including weddings, birthdays, graduations, and so on. Sometimes, even a nice word from someone is cause for celebration.
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 Celebration Poem:
“good,” by Robert Lee Brewer
for every victor
there's a foe
who is a loser
in the know
of unhappiness
& despair
because they've lost
& now don't care
so if you win
please celebrate
but don't forget
the losers' fate
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.
