2026 PAD Challenge Day 18
my response is ( though late still )
according to the constitution
the definition of citizenship
is either one born on this soil
or one that follows the rules
and takes the tests to gain
the green card to become one.
if you stop them from getting the tests
you stop the legal process for citizenship ...
this country was founded on immigrants
the idea of immigration. the only non-immigrants were born here.
and even those were often
children of immigrants.
Love can still hurt
By Patricia Harris
Just because I love you,
And believe that I do…
That does not mean
Words slung in anger
Will not hurt all the same.
Love is not the salve
That ends all wounds
Nor the fuel that
Launches you
over the moon…
Love can be the tie
That binds if you
Actually want to spend
Trust and time.
*poet’s note: this is the prompt that I usually skip. He does it for every PAD challenge and I don’t normally know what to write. It’s always a Tuesday thing… love or anti love. This time it sparked. So… some of the prompts just hit differently at the right time.
So I have been doing a daily poem and unlike the previous years I have not been posting the prompt that I am following. I probably should… but I really like the way the post looks without it.
If I deviate from the writers digest prompt I will at that point note on the post where I got the prompt.
If you need a different prompt list…Fae Corps Publishing also does one.
For me and my blog, the majority of these really stink…I found that I find some interesting prompts on Tumblr occasionally though. Do you have a place for writing prompts?
The prompt today did not inspire ( it was to write a future poem)… however I was stuck in a loop dream last night. So I used that. Pad challenge prompts are not a binding contract of you must write about this… they are just ideas that are to inspire the creative process. I post one myself to the Fae Corps Publishing Blog every day in November and in April. I personally use the Writer’s Digest version- see my previous Pad day posts for that link. Or I search Tumblr for poetry prompts. Inspiration is always out there if you are willing to look for it.
So I usually post my poetry on Monday… I thought that today I might try to inspire some in you.
Prompt #1 should be fit for consideration for Fae Corps next poetry anthology Fae Dreams. The prompt is what do dream about? If it is nightmares, then write about them.
Prompt #2 flavored snow
Prompt #3 the clouds moved in
Today I wonder what you would do with the prompt :
The winds of change blow
Poetry prompts are little bits of inspiration… Either a line to spark a muse, a title, or a picture. Today I am giving you a line. Show me what you can do with it. Feel free to adjust the line to however your poem needs.
I wrote the music, not the song.
I normally do this on the first Friday of the month. I do apologize for the delay. These are my prompts for March.
I will be posting Edna St Vincent Millay later today. This is the first Friday… So here is my prompts for February.
Pattimouse 