30 Poetry Prompts From 2022 November PAD Chapbook Challenge
Get all 30 poetry prompts from the 15th annual November Poem-A-Day Chapbook Challenge here. Actually, 35 prompts if you’re counting Two-for-Tuesday prompts!
November was a lot of fun for poeming in the 15th annual November Poem-A-Day Chapbook Challenge. 30 prompts in 30 days (technically 35 prompts, because of the Two-for-Tuesday prompts) and so many poems!
As part of the challenge, poets are now revising and assembling their poetry chapbooks, but there's no reason we can't collect all the prompts here and keep poeming into the future.
30 Poetry Prompts From the 2022 November PAD Chapbook Challenge
Here they are. Click each link to read the full prompt (and many of the poems they prompted in the comments).
- Day 1: Write a beginning and/or ending poem.
- Day 2: Write a sweet poem.
- Day 3: Write a misguided poem.
- Day 4: Write an "In the (blank)" poem.
- Day 5: Write a peril poem.
- Day 6: Write a news poem.
- Day 7: Write an adaptation poem.
- Day 8: Write a form and/or anti-form poem.
- Day 9: Write a "(blank) of the (blank)" poem.
- Day 10: Write a struggle poem.
- Day 11: Write a scary poem.
- Day 12: Write a future poem.
- Day 13: Write an ekphrastic poem.
- Day 14: Write a "(blank) Story" poem.
- Day 15: Write a thoughtful and/or thoughtless poem.
- Day 16: Write a panel poem.
- Day 17: Write a risk poem.
- Day 18: Write a funny poem.
- Day 19: Write a "The Myth of (blank)" poem.
- Day 20: Write a conflict poem.
- Day 21: Write a poem using three of six words.
- Day 22: Write a love and/or anti-love poem.
- Day 23: Write a family poem.
- Day 24: Write a "For (blank)" poem.
- Day 25: Write a serious poem.
- Day 26: Write a second thought poem.
- Day 27: Write a resolution poem.
- Day 28: Write a remix poem.
- Day 29: Write a truth and/or dare poem.
- Day 30: Write an "And (blank)" poem.
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).
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.
