#two-fer-tuesday

I SHOULD’VE SEEN IT COMING © 2024 G. Smith (BMI) =================== I grew up in Scouting, Never, ever doubting, Doing one good deed most every day. Tying knots and building fires, Off the map and climbing higher, And I would be an Eagle, come what may.

Always helpful, always ready, Always strong and always steady, Always courteous, kind, and cheerful through and through. Few things took me by surprise, Except those smiling jade green eyes, I saw the moment when I first met you.

And I should’ve seen it coming, The signs were always there; Hints and whispered warnings – Clues were everywhere. Life as I had known it, Would never be the same, It all changed the moment, That I heard your name.

After all these years I’m loyal, as you know, Trustworthy and friendly, going with the flow. And I can handle anything the fates may throw our way. It’s not hard to be on guard, Looking out for you, sweetheart, And this is where you know I’m gonna stay, gonna stay; This is where you know I’m gonna stay.

For the 2021 November PAD Chapbook Challenge, poets are tasked with writing a poem a day in the month of November before assembling a chapbook manuscript in the month of December. 

Today is “Two-fer-Tuesday” prompt, meaning  you have the option of writing to either one of the prompts and/or both of the prompts.

That said and out of the way:

Write a ready poem, and/or...

Write a not ready poem.

And remember: These prompts are springboards to creativity. Use them to expand your possibilities, not limit them.

On Robert Lee Brewer's blog, Poetic Asides, today is the first Two-for-Tuesday prompt of November, and he's kicking it off with his favorite recurring prompt:

Write a love poem, and/or...

Write an anti-love poem.

Meanwhile, Charlotte Rains Dixon prompts us with: The worst thing that could happen.

As is always the case:

These prompts are springboards to creativity. 

Use them to expand your possibilities, not limit them.