Write about a conversation between statues.
Bonus MacKenzie family prompt: write about a color. Don’t pick blue.
Category: tips from the bar
Tips from the Bar: The Tom Daley Prompt
Aphorisms: write a list of new ones. Or pick one, take it apart, and put it back together.
Tips from the Bar: School Daze
Write a poem about a schoolteacher you hated. Analyze: were they right about you?
Tips from the Bar: Simple Title Prompt
The title for your prompted poem: “A Cure for Loneliness.”
Tips from the Bar: The Sochi 2015 Prompt
Write about the worst place you’ve ever slept, and how it affects your dreams.
Tips from the Bar: The Scott Woods Prompt
Make a list poem of ten ways two things absolutely cannot by compared.
Hat-tip to Scott Woods Makes Lists.
Tips from the Bar: Cover-Up
Write about an undercover job that is not meant to be undercover, i.e.: Undercover Accountant, Undercover Entomologist, etc.
Tips from the Bar: As Long As We’re Being Hypothetical
What piece of technology would have saved your failed relationship? I.e: a teleporter, a calculator, a time machine, a crowbar…
Tips from the Bar: Out of the Frying Pan
Talk about falling off of the wagon and onto the bandwagon.
Tips from the Bar: Meat Marketing
Your favorite restaurant is looking for a life partner. Write the personal ad that makes it happen.
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