2013 April PAD Challenge: Day 19
Whew! We’re nearly 3 weeks into this challenge. Let’s keep the poems flowing. For today’s prompt, write a burn poem. I actually wrote a poem titled “burn” earlier in this…
Whew! We're nearly 3 weeks into this challenge. Let's keep the poems flowing.
For today's prompt, write a burn poem. I actually wrote a poem titled "burn" earlier in this month's challenge, so I'm going to have to think a little on this to avoid repeating what I've already written. However, burn can represent many things--from getting burned by a bad deal (or a friend) to feeling the burn when working out to physically burning from fires.
Here's my attempt:
"sunburn"
she doesn't do tanning beds
she don't rest beneath the sun
for her the moon is bright enough
to have a little fun
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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.
