#trickstersaintpril

[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?

[lace-notes]

day 1 of @trickstersaint's napowrimo! i liked this prompt a lot :)

[sophieakatz]

NaPoWriMo prompt by @trickstersaint - April 26, 2026 - Sunrise

Poem text below the cut.

I saw the sun rise twice, First over the airport in Tel Aviv, And second on our way across the ocean, As though it too had gone back to sleep And woken in the darkness of the in-between – Between travel and home, Between ancient and now, Between my people far and close… How good to know that I will find you everywhere. S.A.K.

[writerwithacat]

For day 16 of @trickstersaint's NaPoWriMo: a prayer. Text version below the cut.

i put in a quarter and call GOD.

hey. how are you doing? you know, this feels a bit one-sided. do you want to try praying to me instead?

it turns out GOD loves to talk.

i listen to its troubles until i hear the tone.

[cowboybrunch]

pavement confessional

napowrimo prompt by @trickstersaint - day 13 - here's what i told them:

[cathedrial-blue]

[hyacinthos-of-earth]

Poem for @trickstersaint 's napowrimo prompt list!

[love-miffy]

they keep calling amber heard crazy and i can’t help but think | for @trickstersaintpril day 3