November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 24
Today starts our final week of this challenge. So, appropriately, I want you to write a hopeless or blues poem. We’re almost there, which is reason to celebrate, as well…
Today starts our final week of this challenge. So, appropriately, I want you to write a hopeless or blues poem. We’re almost there, which is reason to celebrate, as well as reason to get the blues.
Here’s my attempt for the day:
“Tokyo insurance blues”
Got a brand new home
stepped on by Godzilla
only to find that my home
insurance policy only covers
damage caused by Mothra
and Gigan. Also, my new car
was crushed by Godzilla’s tail,
which is covered, but only
on Thursdays, and it goes
without saying, that the damage
was done on a Wednesday
when I was working from
home. Of course, the office
building wasn’t touched,
so much for telecommuting.
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.
