The Darkness Spreads for Writer's Cramp |
The Darkness Spreads 39 lines The world ended As we knew it For reasons That the scientists Could not understand Sam Adams Was the scientist Who first alerted The world To the impending doom The world was no longer Rotating as it should And soon the world Would be more like the moon One side in the sun One side in the dark The sunlit side Would be hot Humid but livable The dark side Would be plunged Into 24 hours of darkness And would be cold Filled with ice Another ice age Emerging with a vengeance Fortunately or unfortunately The world would be split in two At the equator With the northern hemisphere In the light And the Southern hemisphere Disappearing into perpetual darkness Sam and his colleagues Spread the news But no one could grasp it Until it happened. NEW PROMPT May 19th, 1780, was the "Dark Day" when a combination of fog and ash (from burning forest fires) blocked out nearly all the sunlight in New England -- much to the panic of the confused residents. Write a poem or story about a character's actions and reactions when the day suddenly and inexplicably goes dark (either temporarily or permanently). You can construe "day" as suits your setting, but the light source must be one over which the residents have no control and don't understand, and so are justifiably panicked when it inexplicably stops. |