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Almost every week, I give a prompt for poets.
Many of the  2011/2012 blog post titles are from the brain of Simone Beaubien.
Photo by Marshall Goff.

Let Lack Of Love Rule

9/24/2014

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On a road trip out to a poetry show, Madonna's "Justify My Love" came on, and I turned to Bobby and said "Did you know this song was written by Lenny Kravitz?"

"You seem to know an awful lot about Lenny Kravitz." he said.

And, yes, at least five times in the previous week I'd pointed out some piece of Lenny Kravitz-related trivia. But, why? I mean, I like Lenny Kravitz just fine, but he's not My Favorite Artist. Why do I know so much about him? Did I fall asleep during his episode of VH1's Behind the Music?

Possibly.

Write about a subject of which you have a disproportionate knowledge to passion ratio. Maybe you hate baseball but your parents were really into discussing the stats of the 1984 Milwaukee Brewers. Or, perhaps, you were locked out of your house for six hours with nothing to read except a True Value Hardware circular and now you can name the price of every item that was on sale on January 11th, 2002.

Tell us about your dispassionate knowledge.
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You Can't Have My Phone, But You Can Have...The Night

9/17/2014

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A disreputable person (sometimes known as someone you don't know, sometimes known as your sketchy friend) wants to borrow your cell phone. You are definitely not down with letting them borrow your link to social media and pizza delivery, so what do you say to them to politely let them know that "No, you can't have my phone."?



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This prompt brought as a gentle ribbing to Mckendy Fils-Aime.
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Inevitable Joke About Dying Of Liver Failure

9/10/2014

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If your poetry was a drinking game, what images, words, themes would cause everyone in the audience to have to drink?

This prompt brought to you by Nora Meiners.
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Uncovering Inkognito Nonos

9/3/2014

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Everyone I know has made at least one regrettable decision in their lives. Sometimes, that regrettable decision is permanently etched on to their bodies.

Oh, I"m not dissing tattoos. Some are beautiful expressions of love, memorials to passed family members, or just really fucken cool looking. 

Some, however, are like the frogs who've evolved with very bright colors to warn off predators "I am poisonous!  RUN!!!!"

What happens when a friend or potential partner-in-coitus shows you their tattoo and it's a phrase you are morally, or ethically opposed to or else something that just gives you the bumpings of geese?

What is that phrase? How do you react?

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