2009 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 2
Posted by Brian
Please continue thanking WritersDigest.com editor Brian Klems for posting today’s prompt for me. Yesterday, my brother had his wedding in Ohio, which I’m sure I’ll post about on my personal blog later this week, and today I’m on the road with Tammy and Baby Will traveling down I-75 back to Georgia. But to get back to Brian, please send him one more very enthusiastic “Thanks!” and visit one (or both) 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 look at something from a different angle. For instance, a chef could go out to eat at a restaurant where he’s not the chef, or a short person can look at the world from the vantage point of a tall person (maybe with the help of stilts or a stool or something). The predator could become the prey. The photographer could become the photographed. And so on and so forth.
Here’s my attempt for the day:
“What new heartbeat is this?”
We find a bench. I sit as she
stands next to an apple tree, tilts
her head and reaches her fingers
toward the fruit. Her other arm
points to the earth. Her hair brushes
her left shoulder leaving the skin
between her shoulder blades exposed
to my naked eye wandering
down to the rectangle of her
dress, her legs and the very earth
burning madly beneath her feet.
Robert
November PAD Chapbook Challenge 2009
Monday, November 02, 2009 1:25:50 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) 
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