2023 April PAD Challenge: Day 1
Write a poem every day of April with the 2023 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write a foolish poem.
It's time for the first day of the 2023 April Poem-A-Day Challenge! Each day, I'll provide a poetry prompt and a poem to get things started. You can secretly poem along at home, or you can share your poem in the comments below.
For today's prompt, write a foolish poem. The poem could be about a fool, about being fooled, about fooling someone, or whatever other foolish direction you wish to take it. But don't fool with this prompt for too long; we'll have another one ready to roll tomorrow.
Remember: These prompts are springboards to creativity. Use them to expand your possibilities, not limit them.
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Here’s my attempt at a Foolish Poem:
"blank screen"
when i'm alone looking at you
i find i don't know what to do
& the more i try to be cool
the more i feel just like a fool
so perhaps it's better to quit
always trying to control it
& instead allow my mind space
to wander around place to place
(Editor's note: I admit it. That was more of a struggle than I expected, but that's OK. Got some words out, and it'll probably be easier tomorrow. It's all about the process. Words beget words, and thoughts beget thoughts. Poem away!)
Robert Lee Brewer is Senior Editor of Writer's Digest, which includes managing the content on WritersDigest.com and programming virtual conferences. He's the author of 40 Plot Twist Prompts for Writers: Writing Ideas for Bending Stories in New Directions, The Complete Guide of Poetic Forms: 100+ Poetic Form Definitions and Examples for Poets, Poem-a-Day: 365 Poetry Writing Prompts for a Year of Poeming, and more. Also, he's the editor of Writer's Market, Poet's Market, and Guide to Literary Agents. Follow him on Twitter @robertleebrewer.
