What learning to write poetry taught me
During high school I took an online creative writing class through my local community college. I enjoyed creating stories and thinking up new characters, but then came the poetry section, and I hate it. Before we had even started it, I hated it. I had such trouble with making things that sounded like poems, and even when the professor would say he enjoyed one, it still didn't feel like I was writing poetry. I loved creating stories, but poetry was just too open for me. But then there are some kinds of poems that strict you so much, like a Shakespeare Sonnet, giving you specific syllables for lines. I reluctantly created almost 15 poems, and here are some of those. (skip to the end if you want to hear what I learned from writing poetry)
