2020 April PAD Challenge: Day 29
Write a poem every day of April with the 2020 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write a “Total Blank” poem.
We’re almost there. Let’s do this.
For today’s prompt, take the phrase “Total (blank),” replace the blank with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. Possible titles could include: “Total Madness,” “Total Victory,” “Totally Awesome,” and/or “Total Cereal.”
Remember: These prompts are just springboards; you have the freedom to jump in any direction you want. In other words, it’s more important to write a new poem than to stick to the prompt.
Here’s my attempt at a Total Blank Poem:
“Total Distraction”
I’ve hit the wall
staring out windows
and losing track of time.
I’m distracted
and swerving one way
before darting the other
or another.
Ready to tackle
my next project or maybe
watch YouTube.
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.
