2023 April PAD Challenge: Day 10
After today, we'll be 1/3 of the way through this challenge already. Where does the time go?
For today's prompt, take the phrase "How (blank)," replace the blank with a new word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. Possible titles might include: "How to Jump Up and Down," "How the Murder Mystery Ends," "How the Weather Behaves in Georgia," and/or "How Much Candy Should I Eat on a Holiday That Has a Lot of Candy to Eat."
Remember: These prompts are springboards to creativity. Use them to expand your possibilities, not limit them.
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Here’s my attempt at a How Blank Poem:
"how poems are made"
start with a word
and work your way
slowly to a metaphor
before they (the readers)
know what's coming
because the poem
is a house haunted
by the thoughts
hidden under sheets
in the attic and crawl
space of your mind
like a poem by ferlinghetti
describing a painting
with the howls of a million
starving artists wandering
the streets of our souls
as a cardinal darts from
branch to branch of the tree
that connects us all
stumbling in the darkness
searching for the light
shining through a window
that is a poem
