For this week’s prompt, write a poem just as something changes or is about to change. I guess this could mean big sweeping political or social changes, but what initially prompted this prompt (for me) was thinking about that moment when a candle is lit (or blown out), a room is entered, or an unexpected touch. Change can be exciting, scary, and, well, different.
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Here’s my attempt at a Just As Something Changes Poem:
“empty house”
it hung from the front porch
& swung with summer winds
but it held high its torch
with no birds coming in
i’d watch the empty hole
for hours at a time
like an expectant troll
or a metronome mime
seated in rocking chair
& hearing all the tweets
but lo no birds were there
inside above beneath
until this morn i saw
a beak peak from the hole
holding a piece of straw
& its song strummed my soul
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Robert Lee Brewer is Senior Content Editor of the Writer’s Digest Writing Community, which means he maintains this blog, edits a couple Market Books (Poet’s Market and Writer’s Market), writes a poetry column for Writer’s Digest magazine, leads online education, speaks around the country on publishing and poetry, and a lot of other fun writing-related stuff.
Yesterday, he was excited to see a new occupant in the bird house his uncle makes from Kentucky license plates. And he’s the author of Solving the World’s Problems.
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