Write about a garden blooming with something that gardens are not usually made of.
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Tips from the Bar: Honesty Not Required
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October 11, 2012
Write an employee recommendation for your parents.
Tips from the Bar: It Took So Long to Bake It
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October 4, 2012
Rewrite a terrible pop song in your own voice.
Tips from the Bar: the April Ranger Prompt
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September 27, 2012
Write a poem about a season in the voice of another season.
Tips from the Bar: Beyond Persona
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September 20, 2012
Write a poem in a dialect that is not your own.
Tips from the Bar: If You Lived Here, You’d Be Leonardo da Vinci by Now
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September 18, 2012
Give a tour of your life to someone from the future, where your future guest thinks of the time period you live in as a Renaissance of some kind.
Tips from the Bar: This Prompt Is Not Michael’s Fault
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September 6, 2012
“Clown sonnet.” Go!
Tips from the Bar: Are You a Good Witch?
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August 30, 2012
We think of animal migrations as north-south, whereas famed explorers are known for east-west travel. Choose your own cardinal direction of travel and write about what drives you there (or away).
Tips from the Bar: Actually
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August 23, 2012
Title prompt: The Moon Dislikes You Comparing Her to Your Love.
Tips from the Bar: Something Is Happening Here
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August 16, 2012
Plenty of writers have tackled the story of the Fall from the Garden of Eden. Try it yourself, as a persona poem –but write it from the perspective of someone (or something) who was there and doesn’t understand what’s happening or why it’s important.
NorthBEAST Poetry Slams
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- 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
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- Trident Open Mic (Boston, MA) All Ages
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