30 Poetry Prompts for the 2020 April PAD Challenge

Find all 30 poetry prompts for the 2020 April Poem-A-Day Challenge in this post.

Find all 30 poetry prompts for the 2020 April Poem-A-Day Challenge below. I will link each day back to the original post with a super concise prompt. Just click the link if you need more guidance or ideas on how to come at the prompt.

Happy poeming!

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Play with poetic forms!

Poetic forms are fun poetic games, and this digital guide collects more than 100 poetic forms, including more established poetic forms (like sestinas and sonnets) and newer invented forms (like golden shovels and fibs).

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30 Poetry Prompts for the 2020 April PAD Challenge!

Day 1: New World Poem
Day 2: Space Poem
Day 3: Follow Blank Poem
Day 4: Wish Poem
Day 5: Moment Poem

Day 6: Trap Poem
Day 7: Lucky and/or Unlucky Poem
Day 8: Future Poem
Day 9: Ekprastic Poem
Day 10: "(blank) Who (blank)" Poem

Day 11: Control Poem
Day 12: Spirit Poem
Day 13: Purpose Poem
Day 14: Form and/or Anti-form Poem
Day 15: Dream Poem

Day 16: "The Last (blank)" Poem
Day 17: Exotic Poem
Day 18: Message Poem
Day 19: Six Words Poem
Day 20: Isolation Poem

Day 21: Love and/or Anti-love Poem
Day 22: Quirk Poem
Day 23: "Social (blank)" Poem
Day 24: Nature Poem
Day 25: Remix Poem

Day 26: Change Poem
Day 27: Massive Poem
Day 28: Look Back and/or Don't Look Back Poem
Day 29: "Total (blank)" Poem
Day 30: Praise Poem

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.