2024 April PAD Challenge: Day 6
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For today’s prompt, write a minimum poem. Some people only do the minimum; others like to pay the minimum. When I first started working, I earned minimum wage. My kids had to reach a minimum height requirement to ride roller coasters at amusement parks.
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When writing your minimum poem, you could write a super short form like a senryu or craft a one-sentence poem. And well, that’s just the minimum of minimum-related topics out there. Expend at least the minimum amount of effort, and I’m sure you’ll come up with a fun minimum poem.
Remember: These prompts are springboards to creativity. Use them to expand your possibilities, not limit them.
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Here’s my attempt at a Minimum Poem:
“When It Comes to Math”
Less than nothing
is actually something,
but in affairs of the heart,
it’s the painful part
you’d rather not feel
in that lovers’ deal.