On the Writing of Sonnets for a Grade
by Alexa Veldhuizen

It seems to me that high school English class -
Designed by teachers who once too were youth - 
Should not require me to make an ass
Of myself writing sonnets wrong, forsooth!
It's bad enough we read outdated plays
Without having to write poor poetry,
So why should we be forced to waste our days
Unfairly earning grades below a "C"?
I'm fascinated by the study of
Linguistics, and by language as a whole,
But English class destroyed that muddy love
That had been blossoming inside my soul. 

In honesty, it could be a lot worse

Than having to write poems in rhyming verse