Gavin Bennett's Blog: 2016 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Day 12

For today’s prompt, pick a month (any month), make it the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. Possible months include January, February, March, (cruel) April, May, June, or even July, August, September, October, November, and December. Yes, there are 12 possible months; choose well, or write 12 poems (yes, I’ve thrown down the challenge within today’s challenge).

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Here’s my attempt at a Month poem:

“November”

How ironic that voting occurs
in this month that begins with a “no”
as if rejecting what’s still to come–
longer nights & colder days, the south
burning slow like an ember.

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