Elk Creek Content by Alissa Dedic

It’s Day 2 of the April PAD Challenge. The prompt today was to write an express poem. I struggled with this one. I wrote three different rough drafts in my notebook. I ended up with the one below.

Here’s the link to the original poetry prompt and instruction:

https://www.writersdigest.com/2026-april-pad-challenge-day-2

“Express”

by Alissa Dedic

The words I want to express

the ones I need to confess

are a knotted up mess . . .

I’ll keep writing until they are expressed.