2018 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 2
Whew! Made it through the first day. Onward! For today’s prompt, write a darkest hour poem. Some people may think of midnight or the witching hour. Still others may picture…
Whew! Made it through the first day. Onward!
For today’s prompt, write a darkest hour poem. Some people may think of midnight or the witching hour. Still others may picture those moments right before the sun starts gradually lighting up the sky. But the darkest hour could also be a moment in time that is psychological, metaphorical, or some-other-kind-of-cal. And remember the poem doesn't have to be directly about your idea of the darkest hour; it could be set in it or refer to it.
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Here’s my attempt at a Darkest Hour Poem:
“the music done died”
the music done died
& the people done cried
the world kept spinning
but no one was winning
all felt covered in night
without any moonlight
just a wind that blew cold
through stories been told
the music done died
& the people done cried
without a thing to say
or new note to play
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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.
This is his eleventh year of hosting and participating in the November PAD (Poem-A-Day) Chapbook Challenge. He can’t wait to see what everyone creates this month–not only on a day-by-day basis, but when the chapbooks start arriving in December and January. Fun, fun, fun.
And if you don't know what he's talking about, click here for the November PAD Chapbook Challenge guidelines.
Follow him on Twitter @robertleebrewer.
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.
