- Prompted: the explanation
- 4/1(from dirty thirty) “won’t you celebrate with me” by Lucille Clifton
- 4/1 (from nahaiwrimo) JESTER
- 4/1 (from Poem a Day via Oregon Writers Colony) floating
- 4/1 (from Poem a Day via Two Sylvias Press) Spell Check Not Allowed!
- 4/2 (from dirty thirty) “Instructions on Not Giving Up” by Ada Limón
- 4/2 (from nahaiwrimo) QUIVER
- 4/2 (from Poem a Day via Oregon Writers Colony) pathway
- 4/2 (from Poem a Day via Two Sylvias Press) The Future Will Be Maskless (or Not)
- 4/3 (from dirty thirty) “Ode to Sitting in a Booth” by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
- 4/3 (from nahaiwrimo) WELLSPRING
- 4/3 (from Poem a Day via Oregon Writers Colony) ignite
- 4/3 (from Poem a Day via Two Sylvias Press) Witch Way Do We Go
- 4/4 (from dirty thirty) “canvas and mirror” by Evie Shockley
- 4/4 (from nahaiwrimo) EAVE
- 4/4 (from Poem a Day via Oregon Writers Colony) blessing
- 4/4 (from Poem a Day via Two Sylvias Press) This Line: Otters, That line: Jupiter
- 4/5 (from dirty thirty) “Starlight Multiplication” by Aracelis Girmay
- 4/5 (from nahaiwrimo) VINE
- 4/5 (from Poem a Day via Oregon Writers Colony) catch
- 4/5 (from Poem a Day via Two Sylvias Press) Serendipity
- 4/6 (from dirty thirty) “My Name” by Sandra Cisneros
- 4/6 (from nahaiwrimo) ADOBE
- 4/6 (from Poem a Day via Oregon Writers Colony) Journey
- 4/6 (from Poem a Day via Two Sylvias Press) What Happens near Vega Stays near Vega
- 4/7 (from dirty thirty) “Lore” by Nancy Huang
- 4/7 (from nahaiwrimo) QUAGMIRE
- 4/7 (from Poem a Day via Oregon Writers Colony) Baffle
- 4/7 (from Poem a Day via Two Sylvias Press) Link Rhyme
- 4/8 (from dirty thirty) “My Mother’s Colander” by Dorianne Laux
- 4/8 (from nahaiwrimo) BALSAM
- 4/8 (from Poem a Day via Oregon Writers Colony) Sharp
- 4/8 (from Poem a Day via Two Sylvias Press) Poetry is Dead/Not Dead
- 4/9 (from dirty thirty) “On Negative Capability” by John Murillo
- 4/9 (from nahaiwrimo) APOTHECARY
- 4/9 (from Poem a Day via Oregon Writers Colony) Hazy
- 4/9 (from Poem a Day via Two Sylvias Press) There’s Some Light In My Darkness
- 4/10 (from Poem a Day via Oregon Writers Colony) Answer
- 4/10 (from Poem a Day via Two Sylvias Press) The Shape of Things to Come
- 4/10 (from dirty thirty)“Court-Bouillon” by Clemonce Heard
- 4/10 (from nahaiwrimo) BAZAAR
- 4/11 (from Poem a Day via Oregon Writers Colony) Capture
- 4/11 (from Poem a Day via Two Sylvias Press) Humanity’s Ocean
- 4/11(from dirty thirty) “I Turned Myself into Myself & Was Jesus” by Nabila Lovelace
- 4/11 (from nahaiwrimo) GARB
- 4/12 (from Poem a Day via Oregon Writers Colony) Grace
- 4/12 (from Poem a Day via Two Sylvias Press) The End of the Line
- 4/12 (from dirty thirty) “My Therapist Wants to Know about My Relationship to Work” by Tiana Clark
- 4/12 (from nahaiwrimo) TILLER
- 4/13 (from Poem a Day via Oregon Writers Colony) Fortune
- 4/13 (from Poem a Day via Two Sylvias Press) Let’s Get Metaphorical
- 4/13(from dirty thirty) “Second Aubade for Singapore” by Janelle Tan
- 4/13 (from nahaiwrimo) CONJURE
- 4/14 (from Poem a Day via Oregon Writers Colony) Essence
- 4/14 (from Poem a Day via Two Sylvias Press) In the Sci-Fi Version of Your Life
- 4/14 (from dirty thirty) “I Don’t Miss It” by Tracy K. Smith
- 4/14 (from nahaiwrimo) BOBBLEHEAD
- 4/15 (from Poem a Day via Oregon Writers Colony) Dancing
- 4/15 (from Poem a Day via Two Sylvias Press) Crazy Eights
- 4/15 (from dirty thirty) “Ode” by Paisley Rekdal
- 4/15 (from nahaiwrimo) MYSTAGOGY
- 4/16 (from Poem a Day via Oregon Writers Colony) Linger
- 4/16 (from Poem a Day via Two Sylvias Press) Pillow Talk
- 4/16 (from dirty thirty) “Language of the Brag” by Sharon Olds
- 4/16 (from nahaiwrimo) GUMPTION
- 4/17 (from Poem a Day via Oregon Writers Colony) Heart
- 4/17 (from Poem a Day via Two Sylvias Press) Getting the Best of Your Inner Critic
- 4/17 (from dirty thirty) “you’re welcome” by Bernard Ferguson
- 4/17 (from nahaiwrimo) STUBBLE
- 4/18 (from Poem a Day via Oregon Writers Colony) Margin
- 4/18 (from Poem a Day via Two Sylvias Press) So Much Depends
- 4/18 (from dirty thirty) “Hip Hop Ghazal” by Patricia Smith
- 4/18 (from nahaiwrimo) TROVE
- 4/19 (from dirty thirty) “O Small Sad Ecstasy of Love” by Anne Carson
- 4/19 (from nahaiwrimo) SAGE
- 4/19 (from Poem a Day via Oregon Writers Colony) Nimble
- 4/19 (from Poem a Day via Two Sylvias Press) Declutter Yourself
- 4/20 (from dirty thirty) “To the Fig Tree on 9th and Christian” by Ross Gay
- 4/20 (from nahaiwrimo) WINKLE
- 4/20 (from Poem a Day via Oregon Writers Colony) Scatter
- 4/20 (from Poem a Day via Two Sylvias Press) Alliteration Always Amplifies
- 4/21 (from dirty thirty) “On The Beach” by Mary Oliver
- 4/21 (from nahaiwrimo) WHIMSY
- 4/21 (from Poem a Day via Oregon Writers Colony) Pace
- 4/21 (from Poem a Day via Two Sylvias Press) Cross Rhyme
- 4/22 (from Poem a Day via Oregon Writers Colony) Venture
- 4/22 (from Poem a Day via Two Sylvias Press) Let Me Tell You A Story About My Best Friend
- 4/22 (from dirty thirty) “To Dream in Spanish” by Juan J. Morales
- 4/22 (from nahaiwrimo) SKERRY
- 4/23 (from Poem a Day via Oregon Writers Colony) Wonder
- 4/23 (from Poem a Day via Two Sylvias Press) Shake Your Speare
- 4/23 (from dirty thirty) “love is / a rat” by Peach Kander
- 4/23 (from nahaiwrimo) LACONIC
- 4/24 (from Poem a Day via Oregon Writers Colony) Kettle
- 4/24 (from Poem a Day via Two Sylvias Press) Hi, It’s Me or E=MC2 k? 😉
- 4/24 (from dirty thirty) “Demeter to Persephone” by Alicia Ostriker
- 4/24 (from nahaiwrimo) FRIAR
- 4/25 (from Poem a Day via Oregon Writers Colony) Oxygen
- 4/25 (from Poem a Day via Two Sylvias Press) At Your Wit’s End
- 4/25 (from dirty thirty) “I believe I pant I bewilder” by Sarah J. Sloat
- 4/25 (from nahaiwrimo) PENGUIN
- 4/26 (from Poem a Day via Oregon Writers Colony) Rising
- 4/26 (from Poem a Day via Two Sylvias Press) The Sweetest Not-So-Sweetest Thing
- 4/26 (from dirty thirty) “the moon rose over the bay. I had a lot of feelings” by Donika Kelly
- 4/26 (from nahaiwrimo) SPOOKY
- 4/27 (from Poem a Day via Oregon Writers Colony) Satchel
- 4/27 (from Poem a Day via Two Sylvias Press) Why RBG Haunts
- 4/27 (from dirty thirty) “A Modest Proposal” by Jubi Arriola-Headley
- 4/27 (from nahaiwrimo) COFFIN
- 4/28 (from Poem a Day via Oregon Writers Colony) Quest
- 4/28 (from Poem a Day via Two Sylvias Press) I’m Moving Out or In
- 4/28 (from dirty thirty) “Practicing” by Marie Howe
- 4/28 (from nahaiwrimo) BILK
- 4/29 (from Poem a Day via Oregon Writers Colony) Caution
- 4/29 (from Poem a Day via Two Sylvias Press) Multiple Choice Quiz
- 4/29 (from dirty thirty) “We Sleep Like Horses” by W. Todd Kaneko
- 4/29 (from nahaiwrimo) MOUNTEBANK
- 4/30 (from dirty thirty) “kitchenette building” by Gwendolyn Brooks
- 4/30 (from nahaiwrimo) DIGERATI
- 4/30 (from Poem a Day via Oregon Writers Colony) Thrill
- 4/30 (from Poem a Day via Two Sylvias Press) You’re Uniquely You and Poems are Thankful for That