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Tips from the Bar: The Bobby Crawford Prompt

Tips from the Bar

Tell us about the celebrity(/ies?!) you did not quite run over with your car.

Tips from the Bar: Bet You Can’t

Tips from the Bar

See if you can think of a safe conversation topic that won’t inspire argument.

(And, of course, remember: when it comes to poetry, sometimes failure means more than success.)

Tips from the Bar: Doomsdaypocalypse

Tips from the Bar

Present survival tips for the winter of 2015.

Tips from the Bar: And Also the Academy

Tips from the Bar

Write a poem in the form of an acknowledgement page for your life. Include at least one person who you really, really wish you didn’t have to.

Tips from the Bar: The James Tate Prompt

Tips from the Bar

Imagine offering the sort of advice that you never thought you would have to give to another human being.

Tips from the Bar: Double-Header

Tips from the Bar

To make up for last week’s lack of prompts…

Good Luck, Mr. Grodsky
Deconstruct (or invent) an urban myth.

The Josh Elbaum Prompt
Write a realistic resume for yourself as person.

Tips from the Bar: The Barbara Adler Prompt

Tips from the Bar

Write a sad story about the endangered “crab” (Yes, those crabs.)

Tips from the Bar: Meet the Poets

Tips from the Bar

What happens when you bring the Cantab (whatever that means) home for Thanksgiving to meet your family?

Tips from the Bar: Business Vision

Tips from the Bar

What is the worst possible restaurant theme/concept possible?

Tips from the Bar: That’s Not My Department

Tips from the Bar

Consider the poetry books you know best, or have at least read cover to cover. Interrogate one in the name of your own poem by asking it a question it is not designed to answer.