2011 April PAD Challenge: Day 11
Wow! I made it back home just in time to share today’s prompt. For those of you who don’t follow me on Facebook, I participated in a panel yesterday in…
Wow! I made it back home just in time to share today's prompt. For those of you who don't follow me on Facebook, I participated in a panel yesterday in Austin from 1-3 p.m., and immediately after it was finished, I jumped in my car and made for Duluth, Georgia. And I literally walked in the door, turned on my computer, and here we are.
I'll share a wrap up on the Austin International Poetry Festival later this week, and I've got a lot of cool stuff to share the rest of this month as well (including guest posts, poet interviews, and more). Oh yeah, and we still have these daily prompts. ;)
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For today's prompt, take the phrase "Maybe (blank);" replace the blank with a word or phrase; make the new phrase the title of your poem; and then, write the poem. Some example titles might be: "Maybe I should've read the instructions first," "Maybe I was wrong," "Maybe the world is flat," or whatever else y'all can muster. I admit that my brain is a little exhausted.
Regardless, here's my attempt:
"Maybe next time"
I'll make it a two-day trip and get
a hotel room in Shreveport, which wasn't
what I expected. Instead of some
Cajun interpretation of Dayton,
Ohio, I found myself driving through
a mini-Mark Twain Vegas--complete
with riverboats and bright-lit casinos.
I'm not saying I'd want to gamble, just
that there's nothing much in Mississippi.
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I do apologize to anyone from Mississippi. The people there were nice when I stopped, but it made for lonely driving on I-20 last night/this very early morning.
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I want to thank Tammy for helping me with the blog while I was out of town and for being so supportive of everything I do in general. Believe me, these challenges would never be successful without her help during the month.
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Want to publish your poetry?
Then, check out the 2011 Poet's Market, edited by Robert Lee Brewer. It lists hundreds of publication opportunities for poets, including magazines, book publishers, contests, and more. Plus, the book contains articles on the business and craft of poetry.
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.
