#escapril 2026

[trickstersaint]

happy april, poets! use any prompts you'd like, and as many as you want. every poem is a victory! if you'd like to share them, tag me @trickstersaint or use #trickstersaintpril ! i'm so excited to see people's work <3

plain text prompts & more info about napowrimo below!

WHAT IS NAPOWRIMO?

national poetry writing month is in april! it's the poetry equivalent to national novel writing month (nanowrimo) in november. instead of a word count, the napowrimo challenge is to write a poem for every day!

you might also have heard it called escapril, which is the name of a challenge that used to pose napowrimo prompts every year. they stopped a couple years back, which inspired others to post prompts :)

DO I HAVE TO WRITE A POEM EVERY SINGLE DAY?

not at all! napowrimo is meant to be an inspiration, not an obligation. write as many poems as you'd like, whether that's multiple per day, or none. your goal is to get some words down. any poem that you finish the month with is a success worthy of celebrating. i probably won't post a poem every day! do what you can, and that's enough.

DO I HAVE TO BE A POET TO PARTICIPATE?

i'm the annoying kind of person who will tell you that you already are a poet if you write a poem; the conventional answer, though, is no! again, napowrimo is here to be an inspiration. if you've never written a poem before, i'd be more than delighted if you gave this a try. if you're not a poet yet, this is the april to change that :)

DO I HAVE TO SHARE MY POEM?

not at all. i would personally be delighted to see anything you guys write, but if you'd like to keep it to yourself, that's totally fine. do what you're comfortable with (or push the boundaries a little. it's good practice to be brave <3)

WHAT IF I HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS?

send in an ask! my askbox is always open (and, in fact, if you want to send in poems that way, that would work just fine).

PLAIN TEXT LIST OF PROMPTS:

lightning

where'd all the time go?

vindictive

you must change your life

ribbon

blooming

supernova

a speculative poem

natural history

technology

woodland

honey

here’s what i told them: 

escape room

buried treasure

a prayer

tracing

bronze

irises

favorite color

do you promise? 

heart strings

zealotry

what was left behind?

apple of my eye

sunrise

bleeding

fairy tales

precious gems

what now?

[niedosyt555]

escapril writing prompts :

1. rules

2. lives in contrast

3. that time of the day

4. small talk

5. negative space

6. peace offering

7. according to plan

8. sticky

9. a distant memory

10. in limbo

11. not a confession

12. generational

13. whisper it

14. bittersweet

15. baby steps

16. graceless

17. interrupted

18. unbearable temperatures

19. split in half

20. a body is more

21. screentime

22. butterfly effect

23. incision

24. silver screen

25. tongues

26. absolute stillness

27. cheap thrills

28. creepy crawling

29. glorified

30. the morning after

credits to @promptsbyjasmine on instagram - modified but highly inspired

[thepathetickind]

APRIL 02 🌼 TWIN FLOWER LETTERS writing prompts by laurenmaerie 

[ sweet pea & daisy ]

[trickstersaint]

lightning scars by bracken valentine // april 1 2026

[thepathetickind]

APRIL 01 🌼 TWIN FLOWER LETTERS writing prompts by laurenmaerie


[ daisy & sweet pea ]

[goneahead]

tonight's queue is a grab bag of #escapril and #napowrimo poems written in April. And some plein air from #pleinapril. And I was being super indecisive, so there are extra poems. Enjoy!♥️