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 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.