For today’s prompt, take the phrase “(blank) If (blank),” replace the blanks with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. Possible titles include: “Run If You’re Being Chased,” “Animals Are Cute If They’re Not Mine,” “I Am Ready To Eat If There’s Food Around,” and “Poem If You Need To.”
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Here’s my attempt at a Blank If Blank Poem:
“Don’t Mind If I Do”
Don’t mind if I do
sit alone with you
beneath this full moon
at the end of June
thinking of the spring
and a summer fling
but it won’t last all
the way until fall.
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Robert Lee Brewer
Robert Lee Brewer is Senior Content Editor of the Writer’s Digest Writing Community and author of the poetry collection, Solving the World’s Problems (Press 53). He edits Poet’s Market and Writer’s Market, in addition to writing a free weekly WritersMarket.com newsletter and a poetry column for Writer’s Digest magazine.
He apologizes for the late prompt this morning. Sometimes the poems come fast; sometimes they don’t.
Follow him on Twitter @robertleebrewer.
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Find more poetic goodies here:
- 2017 November PAD Chapbook Challenge: Guidelines.
- Rimas Dissolutas: Poetic Form.
- Why I Write Poetry: JR Simmang.
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