2024 April PAD Challenge: Day 19
For today's prompt, pick an emotion, make it the title of your poem, and write your poem. Possible emotions might include happy, sad, grumpy, angry, scared, and more. In fact, here's a list of feelings to help spark some creative ideas.
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 an Emotion Poem:
"anxious"
my leg won't stop for anything
when i get nervous as a cat
haunted by a red piece of string--
my leg won't stop for anything
whether i dance or if i sing
about frets, so it follows that
my leg won't stop for anything
when i get nervous as a cat...
