Way To Go

 Happy Nov. 1st!

This means Writer's Digest PAD (poem-a-day) challenge is here!

 

For today’s prompt, we’ve actually got a two-for-Tuesday prompt. So pick one, combine both prompts into one poem, or write two (or more) different poems. Here are the prompts:

• Write a stay poem. A poem about staying put, not leaving, and/or dealing with someone (or something) that refuses to leave. Or…
• Write a go poem. Fans of The Clash probably know which song prompted today’s prompt. But yeah, this is basically the opposite of staying–you know, going.

Stay, go

Ebb, flow

Yes, oh,

Perhaps…no

Dark, light

Wrong, right

May, might

Beg, fight

Tip, spill

Empty, fill

Hollow, hill

Heat, chill

Shoes, socks

News, clocks

Keys, locks

Trees, rocks

Stand, sit

Rest a bit

But don’t quit

Just do it

Bloom, fade

Broom, spade

 Bought, made

Hoard, trade 

Sing, dance

Bring aunts

Romance...

Take a chance 

Dirty, clean

Flirty, mean

Pretty, preen

Seventeen

Do, don't

Will, won't

Should, shan't

Could, can't

Love, hate

Settle, debate

Hurry, wait

Early, late 

Drive, walk

Be quiet, talk

Compliant, balk

Book, dock

 

Dream-dust

Wanderlust

May, must

Pray-trust

Splish-splash

Coast, crash 

Pause, dash

Keep, trash

Nope, tried

Cope, glide

Hope, hide

Steamed, fried

Take, leave

Braid, weave

Break, grieve

Wake, heave

Fast, slow

High, low

Stay, no

I must go

Crawl, fly,

Laugh, cry

Shout, sigh

Live, die

 

© Janet Martin