2013 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 15
After we finish today’s poem, we’ll have crossed the half-way point in this challenge. Congratulations for making it this far! It’s all downhill from here, right? For today’s prompt, take…
After we finish today's poem, we'll have crossed the half-way point in this challenge. Congratulations for making it this far! It's all downhill from here, right?
For today's prompt, take the phrase "What (blank)," replace the blank with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. Possible titles might include: "What Luck," "What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas," "Whatever You Say," and so on.
Here's my attempt at a What Blank Poem:
"What Happens"
Every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings.
Every time a gun is fired, people buy more guns.
They spread like kudzu across the landscape, and there's
no way to stop their advance. Like insects, like black
rats--they return and return stronger than ever
as if they never left. As for me, I won't bend
to their will, whether for protection or a thrill.
Every time a gun fires, an angel joins the choir.
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Robert Lee Brewer is a Senior Content Editor for the Writer's Digest Writing Community and a person who understands the complexity of the gun issue. While he's not interested in taking anyone else's guns, he doesn't believe in owning them himself (to each, their own). After the Aurora shooting, gun sales increased in Colorado, Georgia, Washington, Florida, and California. There was also a spike in national gun sales following the Sandy Hook shooting. Robert is the author of Solving the World's Problems and can be found on Twitter @robertleebrewer.
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Check out more poetic posts here:
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- 2013 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 14. Just in case you missed yesterday's prompt.
- Poetic Forms: Rispetto. An Italian poetic form.
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.
