2023 April PAD Challenge: Day 15
Write a poem every day of April with the 2023 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write a shadow poem.
After today's poem, we'll be halfway through this challenge. So let's get at it.
For today's prompt, write a shadow poem. Some people are afraid of shadows (even their own), but others like to lurk there. There are shadow governments, shadowy characters, and well, just shade (which is super nice in Georgia during the summer).
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 Shadow Poem:
"georgia summers"
i watch the shadows stretch across the grass
as the sun sets beyond the loblolly pines
and wonder when the bats will take flight
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.
