2024 April PAD Challenge: Day 1
It’s time for the first day of the 2024 April Poem-A-Day Challenge! Each day, I’ll provide a poetry prompt and a poem to get things started. You can secretly poem along at home, or you can share your poem in the comments below.
For today’s prompt, write an optimistic poem. I find the beginnings of things to be a time of great optimism. Whether it’s the beginning of a sporting season or a month (or even a week), there’s so much opportunity available. But optimism can exist anywhere and at any time; so don’t limit your optimism to the beginnings of things.
Remember: These prompts are springboards to creativity. Use them to expand your possibilities, not limit them.
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Later this month, be sure to check out the 3rd annual Writer’s Digest Poetry Writing Virtual Conference with four great presentations put on by award-winning poets covering a variety of topics, including how to put together poetry collections and bring fresh insight to familiar ideas.
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Here’s my attempt at an Optimistic Poem:
“the end of march madness”
my bracket’s been busted
but there’s no time to mope
though the picks i trusted
leave me without any hope
i suppose i could cry
or feel nothing but fear
but i can’t wait to try
and get them all next year