2019 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 14
For the 2019 November PAD Chapbook Challenge, poets are tasked with writing a poem a day in the month of November before assembling a chapbook manuscript in the month of December. Today’s prompt is to write a Myth Poem.
For the 2019 November PAD Chapbook Challenge, poets are tasked with writing a poem a day in the month of November before assembling a chapbook manuscript in the month of December. Today's prompt is to write a Myth Poem.
For today's prompt, write a myth poem. Reinterpret a common myth, create a brand new myth, and/or mention a myth in passing. Remember: There are the Edith Hamilton type of myths and the common misconception myths.
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Here’s my attempt at a Myth Poem:
“No Myth”
And I wonder what it's like to be
the outlier in a family of actors,
a musician who wants to sing
while everyone else wants to fall
into their roles. Michael Penn
mentions Romeo and Heathcliff
before admitting, "maybe she's
just looking for someone
to dance with," perhaps Sean
or even Chris, and I create
myths in which Michael
is the cool poet who writes
everyone else's part before
finding that she's still waiting
for someone to dance with.
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.
