2011 April PAD Challenge: Day 7
For the next few days, I’ll be corresponding from Austin, Texas, which means Tammy will post my prompt and poem for me each morning. ***** For today’s prompt, write a…
For the next few days, I'll be corresponding from Austin, Texas, which means Tammy will post my prompt and poem for me each morning.
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For today's prompt, write a "what if" poem. It could be a "what if" from the past, present or future. For instance, what if no one discovered electricity? (How would we do this challenge?)
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Here is my attempt:
"10 minutes ago"
My car wouldn't scare the bird to the sky.
The bird wouldn't fly down to inspect what
remains. The corpse wouldn't be spread across
two lanes of interstate. The driver would
not hold her breath and then cry. A possum
would not brace for impact. If it only
could have stayed far far away from the road.
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.
