2025 April PAD Challenge: Day 14
For Day 14 of the 2025 April Poem-A-Day Challenge, writers around the world are tasked with writing a losing poem.
Whew! We're two weeks in on this month and this challenge already. Go, us!
For today's prompt, write a losing poem. Losing often comes with negative connotations, like losing a game or a family pet or socks (seriously, where do they all disappear to?). However, a person could also lose some weight, bad habits, and/or negativity. Of course, it could be argued these are still negatives (positives via double negatives), but I find I'm starting to lose my train of thought, so it's probably best to get poeming.
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 Losing Poem:
“What I've Gained,” by Robert Lee Brewer
There's nothing I've gained
that I won't eventually lose;
not that I know how, but I
can decipher the clues;
so I don't care much about
all the items I can gain
when I'll eventually lose
and then lose them again:
better I think is to share
all the ups and the downs
with every loser who'll
happily keep me around,
because everything I gain
I will eventually lose,
so abide if you can
to skip having the blues.
