What’s the worst pickup line anyone’s ever used on you… that worked?
[example redacted: come to the Cantab on a Wednesday if you want Adam’s war stories]
October 24, 2013
What’s the worst pickup line anyone’s ever used on you… that worked?
[example redacted: come to the Cantab on a Wednesday if you want Adam’s war stories]
October 17, 2013
Write an instruction manual for a procedure that does not yet have one (or need one).
October 15, 2013
Imagine a landscape that is familiar or important to you. Create a poem that is a map of that visual space.
October 4, 2013
Talk about a work of fiction and completely miss the point. For instance: schoolteacher Mr. White and his feisty student Jesse team up to open a business together. Madcap hijinx ensue!
September 26, 2013
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.
September 20, 2013
Write a Field Guide to your own poetry: consider frequent themes, metaphors, or stories you reference.
September 13, 2013
Prepare a receipe to cook your past.
September 5, 2013
Write from the perspective of someone who wants to squash a revolution.
August 30, 2013
Market a product to your audience that is already free, ubiquitous, and readily available.
August 23, 2013
Your favorite poem and your least favorite poem meet in a bar. What’s the conversation?
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