Write an instruction manual for a procedure that does not yet have one (or need one).
Category: tips from the bar
Tips from the Bar: Travelog
Imagine a landscape that is familiar or important to you. Create a poem that is a map of that visual space.
Tips from the Bar: How to Dump Yourself
Ask someone to leave– in a way that makes it positive for them.
BONUS APRIL RANGER LIFETIME PROMPT: see if you can write a poem about a waterbed that’s more memorable than the famous “The Water-Bed” Cantab open mic performance.
Tips from the Bar: Planet You
Write a Field Guide to your own poetry: consider frequent themes, metaphors, or stories you reference.
Tips from the Bar: Needs More Salt
Prepare a receipe to cook your past.
Tips from the Bar: Perfect Little Daffodils
Write from the perspective of someone who wants to squash a revolution.
Tips from the Bar: That’s Not My Sign
Your favorite poem and your least favorite poem meet in a bar. What’s the conversation?
Tips from the Bar: Worst Nostalgia Ever
Write about being terrorized by something you loved as a child.
Boston Poetry Slam Online