Write a poem that incorporates your area code. Be clever.
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Tips from the Bar: Easy on the Prophecy
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March 10, 2012
Write a poem in the form of advice for your first child.
Tips from the Bar: Whose Shoes Are These?
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March 2, 2012
Write a poem inspired by the unclaimed items at the lost and found.
Tips from the Bar: Christopher Kain is What Kind of Puma?
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February 23, 2012
Write a love poem in the voice of an animal.
Tips from the Bar: Now What?
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February 16, 2012
Imagine that you arrive at the Cantab on a Wednesday to find that no poetry is happening. Now what do you do?
Tips from the Bar: The Safety of What??
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February 10, 2012
Write a poem based on a word or phrase misheard (or misread).
Tips from the Bar: Marty, Something Has Got to Be Done About Your Kids
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February 2, 2012
You have received a gift from a new lover. However, due to a time travel incident, the “you” who is receiving the gift is the “you” five years from now– who knows exactly how the relationship ends. How do you turn the gift down?
Tips from the Bar: Proverb, Punchline
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January 26, 2012
Write a poem with an excessively long title that serves as set-up for a punchline.
Tips from the Bar: Your Poem Is Obviously About Michael Gill
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January 19, 2012
Write a poem that uses lemons as its central image. Do not use the following words: yellow, sour, bitter, “when life gives you,” or meringue.
Tips from the Bar: Don’t Make It Creepy
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January 12, 2012
Consider a historical figure whose goals may have been admirable, but whose means to achieve them were not. Write a poem to correct that person’s methodology. (Extra tip: if you are thinking about trying this with a particular WW leader… Don’t.)
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