30 Poetry Writing Prompts for National Poetry Month 2024

That’s another National Poetry Month in the (poetry collection) books! In case you missed one or are visiting this list from the future, we’ve gathered all thirty of 2024’s poetry writing prompts here for your convenience!

If you write a poem inspired by one of our prompts, we’d love to see it! Be sure to tag @writersatelier on socials!

1. In honor of April Fools Day, take inspiration for your first poem from foolishness you’ve seen firsthand.
2. Write a complimentary haiku about your least-favorite type of weather.
3. Write a poem with two different “speakers” exchanging lines.
4. Put all of your anxieties into today’s poem, then burn it.
5. Write a cinquain to reread the next time you’re stressed. Don’t forget where you save it!
6. Write a Petrachan sonnet regarding your favorite thing about yourself.
7. Include an allusion to Greek mythology in today’s poem.
8. Research the meanings of flowers and set today’s poem in a garden.
9. Write a tricube while outside of your home.
10. Write a list poem about small, everyday things that make you feel at least 1% happier.
11. Write a poem from the perspective of your younger self.
12. Write a poem with at least four anagrams in it.
13. Write a tautogram wherein every line begins with the letter M.
14. Write four couplets from the varying perspectives of Death.
15. You’re halfway through April! Write a poem about halves coming together or drifting apart.
16. Write a sijo with the same title as your favorite song.
17. Choose either the sun or the moon and write a haiku sonnet about what it sees.
18. Write a poem about a transformation or a trip you’ve undertaken. Or both!
19. Write an ode to your favorite historical figure.
20. Look up at the clouds and let them inspire today’s poem.
21. Create a found poem from a recipe you’ve made at least once.
22. Write two couplets about the same event from opposite perspectives.
23. Write a poem that walks the reader through a house.
24. The title of today’s poem should be a Latin saying.
25. Write a poem from the perspective of a thief.
26. Write an espinela or decima about some kind of power.
27. Research trees native to your home and include one or more in today’s poem.
28. Center today’s poem around an old key. What might it unlock?
29. Write a poem about being at a crossroads. End it without confirming the decision made.
30. Put together a cento using only lines you’ve written over the past month.