30 Poetry Prompts for the 2021 April PAD Challenge
Find all 30 poetry prompts for the 2021 April Poem-A-Day Challenge in this post.
Find all 30 poetry prompts for the 2021 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 2021 April PAD Challenge!
Day 1: Introduction Poem
Day 2: What the Future Holds Poem
Day 3: Communication Poem
Day 4: Active Poem
Day 5: "The First (blank)" Poem
Day 6: Change and/or Don't Change Poem
Day 7: Villain Poem
Day 8: Metaphor Poem
Day 9: Persona Poem (for an inanimate object)
Day 10: "Get (blank)" Poem
Day 11: Prime Number Poem
Day 12: Six Words Poem
Day 13: Lucky and/or Unlucky Poem
Day 14: From Where You're Sitting Poem
Day 15: "(blank) Story" Poem
Day 16: City Poem
Day 17: Waiting Poem
Day 18: Ekphrastic Poem
Day 19: Animal Title Poem
Day 20: Love and/or Anti-Love 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.