April 1st - Write a poem about someone who played the fool; either yourself or someone else in honour of April Fool’s Day

(prompts by Alex Dawson)

For April’s Fool

I was young

and I thought you were

everything

You said I was God’s answer

and I believed you were 

mine 

I was afraid 

but who was I to argue

with God

(Or my hormones)

so young

You loved me for me

(or so I believed)

and maybe you did

for a time

But as years

multiplied

I became 

less precious 

and more someone 

to be better than

So saying yes

to your April 1st proposal 

did that make me

April’s fool?

jle

2026