So once again we came to end of another November PAD Chapbook Challenge, set by the good folks at Writer’s Digest. This was my fifth(!) year taking part, and it always proves an interesting challenge writing a poem every day for a month.
So, inevitably now must come the next steps. Now comes the slightly tougher part of revision and choosing which poems will make the cut, as only 10-20 page submissions will be accepted. Time (and how we try to savour/hoard some for ourselves as we become increasingly busy in adulthood) ended up becoming a recurring theme, so this may play a part in which poems are chosen…
As the deadline is in January, I will be spending a lot of December armed with my trusty red pen for revising and deliberating which poems to include, and in what order.
At any rate, here is the full list of poems that I wrote for the challenge this year, with links. Expect a follow up post in the near future of the final list of which ones make it into the chapbook. Let me know if you had any particular favourites 😉
- ‘The End of Wonder’
- ‘Alpha in the Face of Omega’
- ‘The Iron Fist of Time’
- ‘Night Resolutions’
- ‘The Healing Power of Cats, Coffee and Showers’
- ‘Delia’s Precious Little Diary’
- ‘An Ode to Old Clothes’
- ‘Charlie (The Cat Formerly Known as Mr. Cheeky’)
- ‘Reflections of an Overclocked Mind’
- ‘Dreaming of Stability’
- ‘Prime Concerns’
- ‘Ebb and Flow’
- ‘The Dragon’s Lament’
- ‘The Myth of Adulthood’
- ‘The Dreaded Middle’
- ‘Free Time’
- ‘Calmer State of Mind’
- ‘Music as Healer’
- ‘The Misfit’s Tale’
- ‘The Light Beyond the Lies’
- ‘Heart of a Wanderer’
- ‘Mr. Sarcastic’
- ‘How to Let Go’
- ‘But What If…’
- ‘Sunday Dinner’
- ‘Don’t Forget Love’
- ‘What Can Wait’
- ‘Thank You’
- ‘Have You Stopped to Think’
- ‘The End’
Like these poems? Read more in my first poetry collection, ‘The Awakening’, avaliable NOW!
Paperback – https://www.amazon.co.uk/Awakening-Selection-Poems-Stuart-Peacock/dp/1911476335
