Write about being terrorized by something you loved as a child.
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Tips from the Bar: the John Waters Prompt
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July 28, 2013
Write about how someone generally considered to be a bad influence was a positive influence on you.
Tips from the Bar: the Meaghan Ford with a Twist Prompt
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July 22, 2013
Your parents meet. A disaster occurs. Tell us why you almost didn’t exist.
Tips from the Bar: the Harlym125 Prompt
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July 11, 2013
Write an erotic poem featuring entirely unerotic imagery. Feel free to take as your inspiration: the nappy owl or the wet, sweaty Chewbacca (nasty).
Tips from the Bar: The Sophia Holtz Prompt
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July 6, 2013
Take a dangerous word and apply it to something beautiful.
Tips from the Bar: the Carlos Williams Prompt
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June 27, 2013
In memory of our much-missed bar back, Guest Tippers Emily Carroll and Melissa Newman-Evans offer the following:
Write an exultation or plea to a god that does not exist. For example: the Oh God of Hangovers, or Ernesto, the Saint of False Seriousness.
Tips from the Bar: A(nother) April Penn Prompt
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June 20, 2013
A telephone-game version of the Odyssey? Check. Next up: telephone your favorite children’s book.
Tips from the Bar: SlamCenter on the Hour
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June 13, 2013
Find, and write about, an event or pursuit even less deserving of SlamCenter-style play-by-play than poetry slam.
Tips from the Bar: I Am From Betelgeuse Five
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June 11, 2013
Write a rallying identity poem for a place or thing that either doesn’t exist, or else isn’t frequently made the focus of identity (i.e. carpet embroiderers, soup enthusiasts, what have you).
Tips from the Bar: The English Accent Prompt
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May 30, 2013
Write a poem in today’s modern “dialect” –as imagined by people many generations in the future.
NorthBEAST Poetry Slams
- 365/365 Challenge
- Dirty Gerund (Worcester, MA) 21+
- If You Can Feel It, You Can Speak It (Somerville, MA) 21+
- Liberation Open Mic (Roxbury, MA) All Ages
- Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam (Cambridge, MA) 21+
- Mass LEAP (Boston, MA) Youth Poetry
- Port Veritas (Portland, ME) All Ages
- Providence Poetry Slam (Providence, RI) All Ages
- Slam Free or Die (Manchester, NH) All Ages
- Trident Open Mic (Boston, MA) All Ages
- Untitled Open Mic (Lowell, MA) All Ages
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