2009 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 1
Posted by Robert
[SORRY FOR THE DELAY: TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES HAVE KEPT THE BLOG DOWN ALL DAY. OF COURSE, IT HAPPENED ON DAY 1 OF THE CHALLENGE. OUR SINCEREST APOLOGIES]
First off, I would like to thank WritersDigest.com editor Brian Klems for posting today’s prompt for me. My brother is getting married today. So, I’m most likely running around, smiling broadly, shaking hands of friends and family, and other proud older brother type stuff. (And if you’re wondering, yes, I’m the best man.) But to get back to Brian, please send him a “Thanks!” and visit one of his blogs if you don’t already: The Life of Dad (http://thelifeofdad.com) and Questions & Quandaries (http://blog.writersdigest.com/qq/).
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For today’s prompt, I want you to write a poem in which you (or something) enters something new. Sound abstract? Some examples: Write a poem in which you travel somewhere new. Or try some new exercise. Or diet. Or hair stylist. Or, well, I think you get the idea. And remember: It doesn’t have to be about you. You could, I suppose, write a poem about an insect entering a new phase of development. Or a plant being introduced to a new environment. And so on.
Here’s my attempt for the day:
“Entering Autumn”
She wears her shorts and hair short
even as she runs in long
sleeves when the leaves burn all shades
of yellow and red before
falling to the earth dead. She
runs past pumpkins and corn stalks
thinking of the lake she is
circling and that she once swam
across this summer, thinking
not again until next year.
Robert
November PAD Chapbook Challenge 2009
Sunday, November 01, 2009 11:52:45 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) 
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