My Favorite Poem: This is Ridiculous

Metropolitan State University printed a literary magazine called "Metrosphere" when I attended during the 1990s.

My poem "This is Ridiculous" managed to get into the 1991-1992, 10th anniversary edition of the magazine.

THIS IS RIDICULOUS!

When I was attending Metropolitan State College, now University during the 1990's, I took a creative writing class that I greatly enjoyed.

One section of the class involved poetry, which I absolutely hated. Our professor asked us to take several words out of the dictionary and create a poem.

Because I was paying for the class and because I was no longer in jr. high school, I decided I would write a poem about how much I hated poetry. I failed to follow the instructions.

I wrote the poem in about five minutes, turned it in without a title and on a half a sheet of paper - it was as if I WAS still in jr. high school.

I didn't think much of it until the next class when our professor, Dr. Meghan McClard, handed everybody a sheet of paper with her favorite poems on it.

I nearly fell out of my chair when I saw that my poem about my deep hatred of poetry was one of her favorites.

I looked up at her and she was looking right back at me, smiled and said "It's very good."

It as theeeeeeeee funniest thing - and RIDICULOUS that ever happened to me.

I later submitted it in the school's literary magazine "Metrosphere." I didn't know it had been accepted until I just happened to pick up a copy of the magazine and saw my poem! Once again, I nearly died!

That one class - that one class - changed my life in so many ways and launched my creative writing career.

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THIS IS RIDICULOUSi!

s a popular choice on business and tech sites. It's also a good ASiI have never liked reading poetry

let alone writing it.

(I indented the above

because isn't that how

a poem is supposed to look?)

All it reminds me of is being

in Mrs. Prestridge's 9th grade

(indent) (indent) (indent) poetry class

only

Because it was the only, only, only

class

open.

I had to stand in front of the

ENTIRE CLASS

and recite a poem I didn't like

nor

understand.

We used to joke

(major indentation) that

"I'm not a poet, and I now it!"

I'd rather write a story

or a book

where all the words stay on one

line.

THIS IS RIDICULOUS

Thank you

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