By Alissa Dedic
It is Day 17 of the April 2026 Poem A Day Challenge. I have several poems from this week to share with you.
The last two weeks have been pretty rough with sickness in my house. The old me would have taken that as a sign that I need to quit doing the Poem A Day Challenge this time around.
The new me has learned a new phrase “even if.” Even if I am sick, I can still participate in the Poem A Day Challenge. Here’s a more difficult one: “Even if I got a phone call with bad news, I can still do what I planned to do today.”
I have some more to write about even if. Be sure to subscribe to my blog, so you don’t miss any poems from the rest of April 2026 PAD Challenge or don’t miss my upcoming blog post on even if.
I will share the original poetry writing prompt and then I will share the poem I wrote. I turned each one into a graphic. I will keep this short and only post on blog article with the backlog of poems for the week. This will be the best way to honor by time and yours.
Day 12
The Day 12 poetry prompt was to write a poem about the word set. Here’s the link to the original poetry prompt:
https://www.writersdigest.com/2026-april-pad-challenge-day-12
I chose to write a variant sonnet.
Day 13
The poetry prompt for Day 13 was to write a poem about the word problem. Here’s the link to the original poetry writing prompt:
https://www.writersdigest.com/2026-april-pad-challenge-day-13
I chose to write a free verse poem.
Day 14
Day 14 of the April 2026 PAD fell on a Tuesday. Tuesdays are traditional two poetry writing prompt days. Unlike in the past, I choose to include both prompts in one poem. the poetry writing prompt was form, as in poetic form for my poem. I chose to write a variant sonnet.
Here’s the link to the original poetry writing prompt:
https://www.writersdigest.com/2026-april-pad-challenge-day-14
Day 15
The poetry writing prompt for Day 15 was to write a fill in the blank poem. The prompt was Under (Blank). When the blank is filled in, this becomes the title of the poem. I chose to write a free verse poem.
Here’s the link to the original poetry writing prompt:
https://www.writersdigest.com/2026-april-pad-challenge-day-15
Day 16
The poetry writing prompt for Day 16 was to write a poem about the word new. I chose to write a free verse poem.
Here’s the link to the original poetry writing prompt and the instructions:
https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/poetry-prompts
Day 17
The poetry writing prompt for Day 17 is to write a poem about ambiguity.
Here’s the link to the original poetry writing prompt and instructions:
https://www.writersdigest.com/2026-april-pad-challenge-day-17
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