Poetry Prompts
Robert Lee Brewer offers fun and inspirational prompts every week—and every day in April!—to get you started writing a poem, whether you’re an experienced poet looking for new ideas, or trying poetry for the first time. Combine these prompts with our List of 100 Poetic Forms to really get your creative juices flowing.
2021 April PAD Challenge: Day 15
Write a poem every day of April with the 2021 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today's prompt, write a blank story poem.
2021 April PAD Challenge: Day 14
Write a poem every day of April with the 2021 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today's prompt, write a "from where you're sitting" poem.
2021 April PAD Challenge: Day 13
Write a poem every day of April with the 2021 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today's prompt, write a Lucky and/or Unlucky poem.
2021 April PAD Challenge: Day 12
Write a poem every day of April with the 2021 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today's prompt, write a six words poem.
2021 April PAD Challenge: Day 11
Write a poem every day of April with the 2021 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today's prompt, write a prime number poem.
2021 April PAD Challenge: Day 10
Write a poem every day of April with the 2021 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today's prompt, write a get blank poem.
2021 April PAD Challenge: Day 9
Write a poem every day of April with the 2021 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today's prompt, write a persona poem (for an inanimate object).
2021 April PAD Challenge: Day 8
Write a poem every day of April with the 2021 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today's prompt, write a metaphor poem.
2021 April PAD Challenge: Day 7
Write a poem every day of April with the 2021 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today's prompt, write a villain poem.
2021 April PAD Challenge: Day 6
Write a poem every day of April with the 2021 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today's prompt, write a Change and/or Don't Change poem.
2021 April PAD Challenge: Day 5
Write a poem every day of April with the 2021 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today's prompt, write a The First Blank poem.
2021 April PAD Challenge: Day 4
Write a poem every day of April with the 2021 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today's prompt, write an active poem.
2021 April PAD Challenge: Day 3
Write a poem every day of April with the 2021 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today's prompt, write a communication poem.
2021 April PAD Challenge: Day 2
Write a poem every day of April with the 2021 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today's prompt, write a "what does the future hold" poem.
2021 April PAD Challenge: Day 1
Write a poem every day of April with the 2021 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today's prompt, write an introduction poem.
2021 April PAD Challenge Countdown: T-minus 1
Poem along with the second ever April PAD Challenge Countdown in the 10 days leading up to the 2021 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today's prompt, write a warm up poem.
2021 April PAD Challenge Countdown: T-minus 2
Poem along with the second ever April PAD Challenge Countdown in the 10 days leading up to the 2021 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today's prompt, write an almost blank poem.
2021 April PAD Challenge Countdown: T-minus 3
Poem along with the second ever April PAD Challenge Countdown in the 10 days leading up to the 2021 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today's prompt, write a "spirit of the stairs" poem.
2021 April PAD Challenge Countdown: T-minus 4
Poem along with the second ever April PAD Challenge Countdown, in which Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and a poem (to get things started) in the 10 days leading up to the 2021 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today's prompt, write a universal poem.
2021 April PAD Challenge Countdown: T-minus 5
Poem along with the second ever April PAD Challenge Countdown, in which Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and a poem (to get things started) in the 10 days leading up to the 2021 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today's prompt, write a MacGuffin poem.
2021 April PAD Challenge Countdown: T-minus 6
Poem along with the second ever April PAD Challenge Countdown, in which Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and a poem (to get things started) in the 10 days leading up to the 2021 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today's prompt, write an invention poem.
2021 April PAD Challenge Countdown: T-minus 7
Poem along with the second ever April PAD Challenge Countdown, in which Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and a poem (to get things started) in the 10 days leading up to the 2021 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today's prompt, write an altered song title poem.
2021 April PAD Challenge Countdown: T-minus 8
Poem along with the second ever April PAD Challenge Countdown, in which Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and a poem (to get things started) in the 10 days leading up to the 2021 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today's prompt, write a fantasy poem.
2021 April PAD Challenge Countdown: T-minus 9
Poem along with the second ever April PAD Challenge Countdown, in which Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and a poem (to get things started) in the 10 days leading up to the 2021 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today's prompt, write a cause and effect poem.