"No one gets to be your poetry boss" –
words I wrote but I was shown by Jewel.
I made up rhymes before I went to school.
But in college I got a poet Prof.
I worshipped him, he was a Jesuit,
an accomplished & acknowledged poet.
I was assigned to him, oh lucky me.
He said poetry must be imagery,
all show, no tell. "Fuck you!," might Jewel say?
Well I didn't, in fact I quit trying...
Wrote no poetry for a long long time
(except rhyming for loved ones on birthdays).
Teachers, let your people be creative!
If they say it's poetry, then it is.
05.17.2024
words I wrote but I was shown by Jewel.
I made up rhymes before I went to school.
But in college I got a poet Prof.
I worshipped him, he was a Jesuit,
an accomplished & acknowledged poet.
I was assigned to him, oh lucky me.
He said poetry must be imagery,
all show, no tell. "Fuck you!," might Jewel say?
Well I didn't, in fact I quit trying...
Wrote no poetry for a long long time
(except rhyming for loved ones on birthdays).
Teachers, let your people be creative!
If they say it's poetry, then it is.
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