Poetry Challenge: Answer A Question You Want to Be Asked

Your final prompt for WNYC's poetry challenge!

We’ve been inviting people to write and share their own poems in honor of National Poetry Month. And we’re learning that for some of you, isolation is stirring long-dormant creative impulses.

Last week we shared poems responding to our first prompt: “What a Difference a Month Makes.”

This week, we offered a new prompt: “Answer a question you wish someone would ask you right now. (And make that question the title of your poem.)”

Thanks to everyone who wrote in. We’ve published a few of our favorite entries on Gothamist. But for the full effect, you’re going to want to browse through this collection of the 170+ poems we received. And here’s a kid-friendly collection that leaves out adult themes, like death and violence.

Now for your final poetry prompt, to take us through the end of April: "Lessons learned."

Big lessons, small ones, societal ones, personal ones. Share your “lessons learned” poem on Twitter/Instagram using #PAUSEpoetry or email mywnyc@gmail.com. We may share your poem on the air or online.