UNPARDONABLE POEM CRIMES

• Writing a poem where if you string together the 3rd letter of each line, it spells out the name of a fellow you had a crush on. (UPDATE: Even worse, I just realized that you wrote the poem so the third letters spelled out not only his name but "I LOVE [INSERT HIS NAME].") (High school)


• Any poems about darkness or blood or tears or dark bloody tears. (High school)


• Ripping off a line from a Soul Coughing song and using it as the climactic line in your poem and then not having anyone even fricking notice because apparently no one is cool enough to like Mike Doughty. For shame. (College)


• Hansel and Gretel incest poem. (College)


• Using the first name of a fellow you had a thing for as the name of a character in your poem, just as a tip of the hat to him. (Grad school)

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