Almost three weeks into the Writer’s Digest 2013 November Poem A Day Chapbook Challenge and I’m still hanging in there!
November 19, 2013
Prompt: “Two for Tuesday” 1. Write a love poem. Or … 2. Write an anti-love poem.
November 20, 2013
Prompt: Take the phrase “Always (blank),” replace the blank with a new word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem.
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c.b.w. 2013
C.B. Wentworth 
These challenges are great motivators! You’ve been writing poetry for quite a while. Kudos!
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These challenges are really pushing me to try new things. I’ve been writing poetry all my life, but never so many lines all at once! Ahhhhhh!
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It’s always interesting where you go with these prompts. Thank you for sharing.
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As usual, I’m wondering off the beaten path. 🙂
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This is beautful and I generally don’t like poetry.
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Thank you. That’s the best compliment a poet can hope to receive. 🙂 I’m glad you enjoyed them.
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Two great ones. What fun it’s been to follow along this month.
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Thanks! 🙂 Glad you’re enjoying the journey.
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Your love poem was not the usual sort. I like the way you spoke of falling in love as a ‘thud’. Sometimes, it is a thudding of the heart. There’s something to growing ‘in love’, too. Funny how my relationship with Hubby was a bit of both, beginning with that first rapid thudding of the heart upon our first meeting. Then there was a bit of a pause – he went up north to work for a couple of months, during which he never called. I thought it had been a momentary fling for him, but when he returned, our love was rekindled and grew to the relationship it is today – 38 years after our first meeting. 🙂
‘Always shifting’, perfect description of time. 🙂
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I wanted to write a different sort of love poem. I was inspired by an article I read many years ago (which recently came up in a conversation) about how that initial high of romantic love is not sustainable from biological standpoint – our brains aren’t built to handle it over a long period of time. Some people are able to adjust and adopt “being in love” while others are addicted to the jolt of falling in love. I have to say, I’m pretty happy being in love without the drama!
38 year! Wow. That is fantastic!
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