2013 April PAD Challenge: Day 16
Before getting into the prompt today, I just wanted to take a moment to recognize what happened in Boston yesterday. I don’t have anything exceptionally new to offer, but you…
Before getting into the prompt today, I just wanted to take a moment to recognize what happened in Boston yesterday. I don't have anything exceptionally new to offer, but you are all in my prayers. Sometimes, I just want to give the entire planet a big hug and hit the re-set button.
Today's prompt is a Two-for-Tuesday prompt. Here are your options:
- Write a possible poem.
- Write an impossible poem.
Here's my attempt:
"mission"
she sits at her keyboard
presses one key
over & over again
presses one key
thinking how she's been wronged
by never being wronged
she's been cheated
by never being wronged
of that gut-wrenching feeling
she only knows heart ache
from books
she only knows heart ache
don't feel too good
she presses her key
& waits
she presses her key
because he's home again
& she wants to be wronged
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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.
