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April poetry prompts

Looking forward to new poetry prompts.

From Dew Drop 2021:

April 2021 Prompts:

April 1—Folly in Rhyme (some kind of folly in some kind of rhyme, subtle or overt)
April 2—Voila! (remember something in a short lyric burst)
April 3—A welcome surprise, a haiku
April 4—Poem based on the weather
April 5—Potential mistake

April 6—Issue a command or a challenge
April 7—Poem inspired by a mythical monster or contemporary cryptid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptozoology
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cryptids
April 8—Poem based on a typo or misreading
April 9—Poem based on A.I. (artificial intelligence) or robotics
April 10—Poem inspired by new information or scientific fact

Great work, everyone! Keep it up!!

April 11—Poem with transgression in form and content
April 12—Excess or obsession
April 13—Describe yourself as landscape
April 14—An elegy
April 15—Machines

April 16—Caring & Caregiving
April 17—There is no such place
April 18—Sounds…
April 19—acting your age (or not!)
April 20—Tree of Life…(see link for a drawing/journaling exercise)
https://nathanbweller.com/tree-life-simple-exercise-reclaiming-identity-directio...


April 21—Poem based on a question
April 22—Free will (or not?!)
April 23—Poem based on a play (It’s Shakespeare’s birthday, but any play!)
April 24—Play around with historical facts
April 25—Subtitles

Last 5 prompts as we approach the finish line! Everyone is doing such a great job! Feel free to post your poems-as-replies on beyond April if you get behind. Life happens!!

April 26—Sijo (Korean poetic form)
3 lines of 13-17 syllables each, sometimes divided into 6 lines.
Write two sijo poems: 1 of 3 lines, 1 of 6 lines…
My info on sijo comes from a wonderful children's book.
More info: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/sijo-poetic-form
April 27—Itty Bitty Bio
April 28—Hump Day
April 29—Rain
April 30—Catharsis