2024 April PAD Challenge: Day 12
Write a poem every day of April with the 2024 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write a funny poem.
For today's prompt, write a funny poem. Keep in mind that funny isn't always "ha-ha" funny. For instance, your poem could include a funny smell or talk about a funny (or weird) person or situation. And if you've ever hit your funny bone, that pain is not making anyone laugh. So write a funny poem, whether it's for a laugh or not.
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 Funny Poem:
"Peculiar Style"
I guess I dressed funny as a kid:
pants rolled up to my knees
and button-down shirts
or a t-shirt with sweatpants—
one leg pulled up,
the other one down—
but I thought I had style
even if other kids made jokes.
And when I moved from one school
to the next, the next thought
this is a funny-dressing kid,
but at least he's got style
and an oblivious smile.
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.
