2018 April PAD Challenge: Day 16
For today’s prompt, write a favorite poem. Maybe that sounds a bit silly, but what I mean is to write a poem about something that’s your favorite. A favorite teacher….
For today’s prompt, write a favorite poem. Maybe that sounds a bit silly, but what I mean is to write a poem about something that's your favorite. A favorite teacher. Favorite movie. Favorite ice cream flavor. I don't know, because I have my own list of favorites. Only you can do you...and your favorites. Who knows? Maybe this will end up being your favorite prompt this month.
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Re-create Your Poetry!
Revision doesn’t have to be a chore–something that should be done after the excitement of composing the first draft. Rather, it’s an extension of the creation process!
In the 48-minute tutorial video Re-creating Poetry: How to Revise Poems, poets will be inspired with several ways to re-create their poems with the help of seven revision filters that they can turn to again and again.
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Here’s my attempt at a Favorite Poem:
“love is my favorite”
love is my favorite, my favorite is love
whether i'm falling into the bliss of it
or falling out into the void of losing it
love is my favorite, my favorite is love
because i feel more alive or alone or
because i feel
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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 (Press 53). His favorite really is love.
Follow him on Twitter @RobertLeeBrewer.
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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.
