2016 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 13
For today’s prompt, write a poem about something that happens regularly. Could be something that happens daily, weekly, monthly, every full moon. Whatever the rotation, it happens–like writing poems each…
For today’s prompt, write a poem about something that happens regularly. Could be something that happens daily, weekly, monthly, every full moon. Whatever the rotation, it happens--like writing poems each day of November.
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Here’s my attempt at a Regular Occurrence poem:
“Brushing My Teeth”
I believe I'm supposed to recite the alphabet
in my head as I brush, but I usually think about
the day ahead or the one that just concluded
instead or the amount of toothpaste still left
in the tube that disappears little by little each
day like the remaining moments of my life,
which could make me melancholy, I suppose,
but those quiet moments alone brushing and
thinking and planning and doubting are
the moments I feel the most human and
they are the moments I feel the most alive
and I wouldn't trade them for anything.
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Robert Lee Brewer is Senior Content Editor of the Writer’s Digest Writing Community and author of the poetry collection, Solving the World’s Problems (Press 53). He edits Poet’s Market and Writer’s Market, in addition to writing a free weekly WritersMarket.com newsletter and a poetry column for Writer’s Digest magazine.
He does think a little too much when he brushes his teeth. Also, fun fact: He uses a child-sized toothbrush.
Follow him on Twitter @robertleebrewer.
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Find more poetic goodies here:
- WD Poetic Form Challenge: Trimeric. (Deadline: 11/30/16.)
- Rimas Dissolutas: Poetic Form.
- Bryan Borland: Poet Interview.
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.
