2024 April PAD Challenge: Day 1
Write a poem every day of April with the 2024 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write an optimistic poem.
(Quick note: Just wanted to give an update that I'm still in the process of judging the 2023 November PAD Chapbook Challenge entries. I hope to announce the results as soon as possible later this month.)
It's time for the first day of the 2024 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 an optimistic poem. I find the beginnings of things to be a time of great optimism. Whether it's the beginning of a sporting season or a month (or even a week), there's so much opportunity available. But optimism can exist anywhere and at any time; so don't limit your optimism to the beginnings of things.
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 an Optimistic Poem:
"the end of march madness"
my bracket's been busted
but there's no time to mope
though the picks i trusted
leave me without any hope
i suppose i could cry
or feel nothing but fear
but i can't wait to try
and get them all next year
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.
