2011 April PAD Challenge: Day 9
For today’s prompt, write a time of day poem. In fact, make the title of your poem the time of day. For instance, “5:54 a.m.,” 2:23 p.m.,” “Midnight,” etc. Then,…
For today's prompt, write a time of day poem. In fact, make the title of your poem the time of day. For instance, "5:54 a.m.," 2:23 p.m.," "Midnight," etc. Then, write your poem. Of course, different things happen at different times of day. So have fun with it.
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Here is my attempt:
"6:35 a.m."
Or is it 7:35?
I mean, I know what it is in Austin,
but I'm from Georgia before that
Ohio. Can't just erase
32 years of Eastern Standard
in one road trip. Or maybe you can,
but I know I can't. After all this time,
I suppose I'd need an entire
sabbatical or retreat to truly
feel Centralized, though it's too late now --
now that it's 7:36.
Robert Lee BrewerAuthor
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 Solving the World's Problems, 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.
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