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 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.
