In response to The Olympics playing thirty minute stories on every athlete’s heart-wrenching story about how they overcame multiple tragedies to get where they are… Write the story of how you became a writer, despite having no personal obstacles: how privileged you were, and how everything was just handed to you.
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Tips from the Bar: I Don’t Like Your New Pets
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August 2, 2012
Write about what happens when someone gives up something beautiful and gentle for something difficult and dangerous.
Adam’s example: an ex who traded in two kitty cats and a bunny rabbit for a scorpion and two tarantulas.
Tips from the Bar: Once Upon a Time
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July 27, 2012
Your mirror has confessed all of your darkest secrets to a one-night stand, who is now infatuated with you. What happens next?
Tips from the Bar: The Stephen Hawkings Buddha Prompt
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July 19, 2012
Consider:
What is the nature of time?
Based on your previous answer, does time exist?
Based on your previous answers, is it possible to step in the same river twice?
Tips from the Bar: The Native Tourist
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July 14, 2012
Write about the city where you grew up, or the city where you were born. Teach us something we couldn’t learn otherwise.
Tips from the Bar: You Aren’t Invited, But You’re Invited
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June 28, 2012
There is someone in your life (your mother, your ex, your high school teacher) whom you would never invite to a poetry reading. Write a poem to convince them that they should come.
Tips from the Bar: the Dawn Gabriel Prompt
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June 21, 2012
Write a poem in the form of a voicemail message.
Tips from the Bar: Adam Tries to Make You Write Ed’s Poem
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June 14, 2012
Our bartender claims this is not a complicated prompt: write about the silence before the horse with no name was named. Good luck!
Tips from the Bar: Make Your Own Time Dilation
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June 7, 2012
Write a poem where the events occur at the wrong speed.
Tips from the Bar: the Michael Fitzgerald Prompt
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May 31, 2012
In honor of our survival of the Box of Doom slam, we entreat you to write a poem that doesn’t suck. (Hey, if Nora can write a good one about roadkill, we know you can.)
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
Boston Poetry Slam Online