2018 April PAD Challenge: Day 18
For today’s prompt, write a temptation poem. Nearly everyone is tempted by something: fame, glory, money, chocolate. Today is the perfect day to give in to the temptation to write…
For today’s prompt, write a temptation poem. Nearly everyone is tempted by something: fame, glory, money, chocolate. Today is the perfect day to give in to the temptation to write about your (or "a friend's") temptation. Also, I totally understand the temptation to write about The Temptations today.
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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 Temptation Poem:
“& so the husband gives in to the temptation”
& so the husband gives in to the temptation
to buy flowers for the one who's been on his mind
every evening as he closed his eyes & began dreaming
& so the husband leaves work around lunch time
to give flowers to the one who's sparked a new fire
in his heart & who gives him a new reason for dreaming
& so the husband meets this woman at a restaurant
& gives her the flowers & confesses his obsession
& she smiles & kisses him & confesses the same
& so the husband returns to work a little late
because he was distracted & the afternoon passes
& returns home to his wife who he kissed at lunch time
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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). He is often tempted by all varieties of sugar.
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.
