Create a poem based on accidental emphasis– one where the narrator (or someone else) presents an idea garnered from improper inflection.
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Writing Prompt: Double-Feature Prompts for AWP!
Prompt #1, from bartender Adam Stone: write a poem about a city that prevents you from reaching your destination. For bonus points, make it a sestina. For an extra degree of difficulty, use landmarks for all your ending words.
Prompt #2, from server Emily Carroll: the Anti-Stone Prompt… Give a certain bossy bartender directions …
Tips from the Bar: the Jack Slavin Prompt
Write a three-part poem: your personal ad, date, and break-up with an addiction.
Tips from the Bar: the Russian Novelist Prompt
What unexpected thing does something in your refrigerator say about you?
Tips from the Bar: the Max Harrington Prompt
Write about the last failed kiss before your first successful one.
Tips from the Bar: Ask Whom?
Siri gives you directions to an obvious metaphor.
Tips from the Bar: I’ll Come Back as a Hawk
On reincarnation: what (or who) would you come back as?
Tips from the Bar: the Artie Moffa Prompt
In honor of one-time doorman Artie’s upcoming visit to the venue, the bar offers the following prompt: for writers of free verse: attempt a form poem of any kind. For formalists: try your hand at free verse!
Tips from the Bar: Spooner It Ain’t
Use the following concept as you see fit: feeding the hand that bites.
Tips from the Bar: Prompt by Proxy
Write a poem about your day (or lifetime!) as a video game.
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