For today’s prompt, write a poem that captures a moment from a movie or book. You can include a hint in the title of the poem, let other readers know outright, or leave the poem as a standalone moment that some people will “get”–and that others just won’t.
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Here’s my attempt at a Book and/or Movie Moment poem:
“three men”
Three men singing in a boat
after drinking to each man’s legs
and comparing scars and stories
forget everything for a moment
until the shark brings the world
crashing back like the water
flooding fast into the hull.
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Robert Lee Brewer is Senior Content Editor of the Writer’s Digest Writing Community and author of Solving the World’s Problems (Press 53). He watches Jaws a few times every year and considers it one of the few perfect films ever made.
Follow him on Twitter @RobertLeeBrewer.
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