2014 April PAD Challenge: Day 3
Day 3 is traditionally one of those make it or break it days for poets. After all, it’s easy to show up for a couple dates, but it takes real…
Day 3 is traditionally one of those make it or break it days for poets. After all, it's easy to show up for a couple dates, but it takes real commitment to keep coming back. You're here, so I think you've got what it takes. Let the poems hit the floor!
For today's prompt, write a message poem. Messages can be delivered in a variety of ways: postcard, e-mail, text message, letter in a bottle, smoke signals, secret codes, jumbotron proposals, etc. Also, messages themselves can be simple, complicated, nice, mean, happy, sad, and so on. Get at it!
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Workshop your poetry!
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Here's my attempt at a message poem:
"messenger"
tell her that i love her
tell her i've been true
leave out all those kisses
that i shared with you
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Today's guest judge is...
Shaindel Beers
Shaindel is the author of two full-length collections of poetry, A Brief History of Time (2009) and The Children's War and Other Poems (2013), both from Salt Publishing.
She's also the poetry editor for Contrary Magazine (www.contrarymagazine.com).
Find her online here: www.shaindelbeers.com.
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Poem Your Heart Out
Poems, Prompts & Room to Add Your Own for the 2014 April PAD Challenge!
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Robert Lee Brewer is Senior Content Editor of the Writer’s Digest Writing Community and author of Solving the World’s Problems. He's reading poetry in Austin (TX) with his wife Tammy for the next 4 days--good times. Learn more about him here: http://www.robertleebrewer.com/.
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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.
