November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 14
Good morning! I’m hitting the road this morning, so the prompt is super early. For today’s prompt, I want you to write a warning poem. Offer some kind of caution…
Good morning! I'm hitting the road this morning, so the prompt is super early.
For today's prompt, I want you to write a warning poem. Offer some kind of caution or warning related to your theme. Like, maybe, watch out for bad traffic. (Did I mention my trip starts off with driving through Atlanta? O, geez!)
Here is my attempt for the day:
"Monster Alert System"
Warning! There is a giant gorilla
beating its chest and terrorizing
the southside of Manhattan.
Please use extreme caution when
in the vicinity of this giant beast.
Do not stand in its path or try
to distract its attention. It is
believed the monster will just
seek out the blond who traveled
over with the beast, and that
once she is found, the gorilla
will head for a skyscraper, where
we will have people in airplanes
shoot him down. In the process,
the blond will fall for her captor.

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.