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Tips from the Bar: School Daze

Tips from the Bar

Write a poem about a schoolteacher you hated. Analyze: were they right about you?

Tips from the Bar: Simple Title Prompt

Tips from the Bar

The title for your prompted poem: “A Cure for Loneliness.”

Tips from the Bar: The Sochi 2015 Prompt

Tips from the Bar

Write about the worst place you’ve ever slept, and how it affects your dreams.

Tips from the Bar: The Scott Woods Prompt

Tips from the Bar

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

Tips from the Bar

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

Tips from the Bar

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

Tips from the Bar

Talk about falling off of the wagon and onto the bandwagon.

Tips from the Bar: Meat Marketing

Tips from the Bar

Your favorite restaurant is looking for a life partner. Write the personal ad that makes it happen.

Tips from the Bar: the Ed Wilkinson Prompt

Tips from the Bar

See if you can provide a(n incomplete) list of things that Uptown Funk has promised to bring to you, but that you decline to receive.

Tips from the Bar: The Barter System

Tips from the Bar

What outrageous price would you overpay for a three-minute spot on your favorite stage?