30 Poetry Prompts From 2023 November PAD Chapbook Challenge
November was a lot of fun for poeming in the 16th annual November Poem-A-Day Chapbook Challenge. 30 prompts in 30 days (technically 34 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 2023 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 declaration poem.Day 2: Write a childhood object poem.Day 3: Write a problem poem.Day 4: Write a catching poem.Day 5: Write a book-based poem.Day 6: Write a “Better (blank)” poem.Day 7: Write a big and/or small poem.Day 8: Write a sentence poem.Day 9: Write a direction poem.Day 10: Write a character poem.Day 11: Write an odd poem.Day 12: Write a “(blank) for (blank)” poem.Day 13: Write a luck poem.Day 14: Write a love and/or anti-love poem.Day 15: Write a poem without pronouns.Day 16: Write an animal poem.Day 17: Write a refresh poem.Day 18: Write a “(blank) Cycle” poem.Day 19: Write a customized poem.Day 20: Write an even poem.Day 21: Write an introverted and/or extroverted poem.Day 22: Write a setting poem.Day 23: Write an appreciation poem.Day 24: Write a “Home (blank)” poem.Day 25: Write a response poem.Day 26: Write a time poem.Day 27: Write a remix poem.Day 28: Write a seize-the-day and/or survive poem.Day 29: Write a “(blank) Free” poem.Day 30: Write a last night 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).