Category: tips from the bar

Write a poem about a song without using any of the song lyrics. DON’T SING.

Take two completed poems of your own and combine them into one. (The more incongruous, the better.)

Explain how to get a couch too large for the stairwell into a third-floor apartment.

(Actually, Adam doesn’t even care if this is a poem or not: solve this problem in time to save his couch and you can expect extra-special treatment at the bar.)

Use the following as title, subject, line, or inspiration for your poem: docile opossum apocalypse.

You have a received a gift from someone who:

• Doesn’t like you
• Is a terrible gift-giver.

What’s in the box?

Your poem should start with the first line: “I’m not a serial killer, but…”.

Write a letter from a character in literature to a character in a movie.

Write a eulogy for an inanimate object.

Write about something you once hated but now love.

Write a stylized review of a restaurant or business: something that gives the impression of being written by the owner, or perhaps a friend of the owner, after taking one too many creative writing courses.