2024 April PAD Challenge: Day 18
Write a poem every day of April with the 2024 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write a pessimistic poem.
After today's poem, we'll be three-fifths of the way through this challenge. Remember in the beginning when we were all writing such optimistic poems? Well...
For today's prompt, write a pessimistic poem. Think about what's gone wrong, is going wrong, and will go wrong in the future. Some people would say this line of thinking means having a bad attitude; others would contend that it's just taking off those rose-colored sunglasses. Whatever your take is on pessimism, write it out today.
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 Pessimistic Poem:
"finale"
there's nothing
left to talk about
in the end
when we send
our messages filled with doubt
about the ending
(Note on form: Tried my hand at a shadorma again today.)
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.
