Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 649
Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started on the Poetic Asides blog. This week, write an anticipation poem.
For this week's prompt, write an anticipation poem. For instance, I'm anticipating the start of the 16th annual April Poem-A-Day Challenge this Saturday, April 1. But someone else may be anticipating the start of Major League Baseball or the return of summer (or even autumn). Whatever you're anticipating, poem it out today (and come back on Saturday)!
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 Anticipation Poem:
“the worst is the best,” by Robert Lee Brewer
when i was young the worst
was waiting for a ride
before there were cell phones
i'd wait beside the window
wondering where my ride
was and blissfully unaware
someday apps would track
my every move and everyone
always one click away and without
the patience we were forced
to experience and now
i long for the days when
no one knew where i was
or when i might arrive
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.
