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2024 APRIL POEM-A-DAY CHALLENGE: DAY 30
Today is our fifth (and final) Two-for-Tuesday prompt, and also the final prompt of the 2024 April Poem-A-Day Challenge.
For today's Two-for-Tuesday prompt:
Write a The End poem, and/or...
Write a Beginning poem.
After all, endings are just opportunities for new beginnings, and beginnings tend to the be the first step on the path to future endings (and so the cycle repeats).
All that to say, this is not the final prompt(s) of the year, because we'll get back to Wednesday Poetry Prompts every week beginning tomorrow, and then there's the 17th annual November Poem-A-Day Chapbook Challenge in, well, November (duh - look for the guidelines in October).
Remember: These prompts are springboards to creativity. Use them to expand your possibilities, not limit them.
#poetic asides#poetry prompts#poem-a-day#robert lee brewer#2024 april poem a day#Day 30#2-fer-Tuesday#The End/Beginning
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2024 APRIL POEM-A-DAY CHALLENGE: DAY 29 ~ UNTIL THE RIVERS ALL RUN DRY
UNTIL THE RIVERS ALL RUN DRY
© 2024 G. Smith (BMI)
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Until the sun won’t rise,
Until the moon won’t set;
And if the stars won’t shine,
I will love you yet.
Until the rivers all run dry,
Until the sky’s no longer blue,
I will always love,
You and only you.
I will always love,
You and always you.
Until the bell can be un-rung,
And the sands of time have blown away,
Until the song can be unsung,
I will always say,
Until the sun won’t rise,
Until the moon won’t set;
And if the stars won’t shine,
I will love you yet.
Until the rivers all run dry,
Until the sky’s no longer blue,
I will always love,
You and only you.
I will always love,
You and always you.
#poetic asides#poetry prompts#poem-a-day#robert lee brewer#2024 april poem a day#Day 29#Until ______#Until the Rivers All Run Dry
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2024 APRIL POEM-A-DAY CHALLENGE: DAY 29
Tomorrow is the final day of this challenge, but remember:
This challenge ain't over until it's over, so...
That said, for today's prompt,
take the phrase "Until (blank),"
replace the blank with a new word or phrase,
make the new phrase your title, and then,
write.
Possible titles might include:
"Until the End of Time,"
"Until the Cows Come Home,"
"Until I Finish This Poem," and/or
"Until You Get Your Chores Done."
Remember: These prompts are springboards to creativity. Use them to expand your possibilities, not limit them.𝖌
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#poetic asides#poetry prompts#poem-a-day#robert lee brewer#2024 april poem a day challenge#Day 29#Until (Blank)#Until _____
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2024 APRIL POEM-A-DAY CHALLENGE: DAY 28 ~ NINETY MILES AN HOUR DOWN A DEAD-END STREET
NINETY MILES AN HOUR DOWN A DEAD-END STREET
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Up before the sunrise,
Bolting out the door,
Trying to beat the rush hour,
Like every day before.
Cuppa joe in one hand,
Backing out the drive,
Heading in to work,
For the same old nine-to-five.
Put in sixty hours,
On a forty hour week,
Bills to pay, mouths to feed,
Playing hide-n-seek.
Chores galore in the great outdoors,
Never get a sec,
To watch the sunset, count the stars,
Or sit and catch my breath,
I’m running ninety miles an hour down a dead-end street.
Burning the soles from the shoes on my feet;
Barely slowing down to greet the people that I meet,
Running ninety miles an hour down a dead-end street.
Ninety miles an hour down a dead-end street.
I guess I’ve always known,
I’m not the work I do,
And though I do enjoy it,
I’m nobody without you.
So climb in here beside me,
Join me on the drive,
We’ll turn and go the other way,
Happy to be alive.
Quit running ninety miles an hour down that dead-end street,
Burning holes in the soles of the shoes on our feet.
Start taking time to savor the moments oh, so sweet,
Quit running ninety miles an hour down that dead-end street.
Quit running ninety miles an hour down that dead-end street.
Let’s mosey hand-in-hand and maybe stop and take a seat.
#Poetic asides#Robert lee Brewer#poetry prompts#poem-a-day#2024 april poem a day#Day 28#Dead#Ninety Miles an Hour Down a Dead-End Street
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There is no shortcut for the work.
Period.
There’s no magic pill; there’s no magic elixir.
It’s about habits.
You have to do things even when you don’t want to do them.
~ David Segal
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Not all writing is worth reading.
Just because someone can put words on a page doesn’t mean they are worth reading or add value.
~ Schopenhauer’s Strategy Against Clickbait
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2024 APRIL POEM-A-DAY CHALLENGE: DAY 28
For today's prompt, write a DEAD poem.
Back on day 13, we wrote living poems.
Now, we're going to inspect the other side of that coin.
A dead poem could take place at a funeral, or involve a wilting flower that's already been picked.
Or it could involve the undead (like zombies and vampires).
Or maybe a dead language, a dead culture, or as some people like to say, they're just "dead inside."
Remember: These prompts are springboards to creativity. Use them to expand your possibilities, not limit them
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2024 APRIL POEM-A-DAY CHALLENGE: DAY 27 ~ GRIEVIN' BLUES (KATIE, KATIE)
GRIEVIN’ BLUES (KATIE, KATIE)
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Katie, Katie, I heard you passed away.
Katie, Katie, I heard you passed away.
This can’t be real – I saw you just the other day.
Katie, Katie, I can’t believe it’s true.
Katie, Katie, I can’t believe it’s true.
I can’t lie, I don’t know what I’ll do.
Katie, Katie, you always did so much for me.
Katie, Katie, you always did so much for me.
My heart is breakin’, I wish I’d treated you differently.
Katie, Katie, where’s the fairness in this pain?
Katie, Katie, where’s the fairness in this pain?
My heart is achin’ – I feel I’ll go insane.
Katie, Katie, what am I gonna do?
Katie, Katie, what am I gonna do?
On my own and living without you?
Katie, Katie, I know this pain will pass.
Katie, Katie, I know this pain will pass.
Still I know I’ll go on with a half-filled empty glass.
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A remix of Day 19's GRIEF
#poetic asides#poetry prompts#poem-a-day#robert lee brewer#2024 april poem a day#Day 27#Grievin' Blues (Katie
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2024 APRIL POEM-A-DAY CHALLENGE: DAY 27
For today's prompt, write a remix poem.
Just remix one of your poems.
It could be from earlier in this month or even from before this challenge.
But take one of your already existing poems and remix it.
If it's a sonnet, make it free verse.
If it's free verse, try turning it into a triolet or villanelle.
Have fun with it.
Remember: These prompts are springboards to creativity. Use them to expand your possibilities, not limit them.
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2024 APRIL POEM-A-DAY CHALLENGE: DAY 26 ~ KNOW I WILL WAIT (or WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY HINTS)
KNOW I WILL WAIT
(OR WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY HINTS)
© 2024 G. Smith (BMI)
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I sit in the corner,
Always ready to play,
No matter what time,
No matter what day.
You sometimes think that I’m high-strung,
Other times – not so much;
Still you know I’ve always sung,
At your slightest touch.
I know you’re distracted by things beyond practice,
But early or late, know I will wait.
Early or late,
Know I will wait.
A heavy hand that strums and drums,
Or strokes softly with your fingers;
Ringing long and loudly,
Or a whispering that lingers.
And we’ve traveled many places,
Valley low to mountain high;
Sharing your all your feelings,
Fast or slow, laugh or cry; or sigh…
I know you’re distracted by things beyond practice,
But early or late, know I will wait.
Early or late,
Know I will wait.
We shared the blues
With Tommy and Hugh,
And a jaunty jig.
At a gig or two.
I know you’re distracted by things beyond practice,
But early or late, know I will wait.
Early or late,
Know I will wait.
Early or late,
Know I will wait.
#poetic asides#poetry prompts#poem-a-day#robert lee brewer#2024 april poem a day#Day 26#Persona#Know I Will Wait#Why My Guitar Gently Hints
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2024 APRIL POEM-A-DAY CHALLENGE: DAY 26
For today's prompt, write a PERSONA poem.
A persona poem is just a poem narrated in the voice of a persona who is not yourself.
Like I could write a persona poem in the voice of Batman or SpongeBob SquarePants or an abandoned payphone beside an abandoned gas station (which I just might do) or a stray cat.
Pick someone or something, take on its persona, and write.
Remember: These prompts are springboards to creativity. Use them to expand your possibilities, not limit them.
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