2023 April PAD Challenge: Day 26
Write a poem every day of April with the 2023 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write a response poem.
For today's prompt, write a response poem. The poem could respond to one of your poems from earlier this month (or ever). Or it could respond to a poem by another poet, whether it's Emily Dickinson or Ocean Vuong.
But why limit it to poetry? You could also write a response poem to the news, to the person who cut you off in traffic, or, well, use your imagination. And then, 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 Response Poem:
"away from the light"
the older i get
the easier it is
i find to forget
the easier it is
to get upset
because i can't
seem to forget
the right things
as the night sings
of the dark things
over which i fret
and i wonder if
this is how i'll
become older
one fret at a time
until the teenager
in the heart of me
is lost to rhymes
i remember but
also somehow
forget as if there
is a line that crosses
out the original line
and here i find
my faulty mind
moves away from
the light and deeper
i fear into the night
(This is a response to my forgive poem from Day 13.)
