Just back from first writing workshop. I forgot I'd signed up for the poetry rather than prose one, which is good, because I think poetry works better in that sort of workshopping environment.

Watched an old video of poets on poetry. I swear some of them sounded *exactly* like Daniel Pinkwater doing Jonathan Quicksilver. Except at least Quicksilver's poems are *short*. It was painful.

Also she has banned full rhyme because we need to, like, y'know, connect to the modern world, which is, like, too complex and multicultral for simple forms to be relevant anymore. This will be a cause of conflict as I believe that A) anyone who thinks the modern world is particularly complex has not studied enough history, and B) one needs to master strict forms before experimenting with free ones. But I will have fun, anyway.


Off to Dean-for-president rally. If I survive, will report back after.