2023 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 30
Here we are at the final prompt. But remember: This challenge is only half over once the first drafts are done; so look for the next steps post tomorrow on how to put together and submit your chapbooks. Also, be sure to show up on Wednesdays for our Wednesday Poetry Prompts (starting back up on December 6th, 2023).
For today’s prompt, write a last night poem. Tonight is sort of the last night for poeming in November, but last night could also be referring to yesterday evening. Or maybe you’re referring to the last night of something far off in the future (or in the distant past). Only you know what last night means for you, but make sure you capture it in a poem.
Remember: These prompts are springboards to creativity. Use them to expand your possibilities, not limit them.
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Here’s my attempt at a Last Night Poem:
“Wipers”
She stood in the rain as I drove
into the starless night thinking
about whatever was messing
with my mind at the time.
It was always something small
and sinister, something I could
never remember later. But this was
the last time, and I think we both knew.
And she didn’t overreact, and I didn’t
overreact, and the world didn’t explode,
but something caught in the silence
between each sweep of the blades.