Shadenfreude My life is a mess as one can guess so humor me if you would listen to my tale and try not to pale Trust this is gonna be good So I smashed my face on a couch today Have the scrapes and cuts…

Last month, I attended a poetry workshop. After most of the others there had shared their work, and had constructive feedback, I shared mine. I got told that I demonstrated “good use of language”, but that my offering was “not poetry”. The instructor didn’t explain…