Beautiful- you have sincerely captured every discouraged author's feelings into one short page of thought. Excellent. You should turn this in to her and show her, show her what true emotion looks like. =) Great job though. I'm itching to read the essay she discouraged- I'm sure it wasn't the rubbish she says it was.

Huffah and mad props to you,Ta~*Austin

*applauds* Beautiful! You're a great writer, I think your professor had no idea what she was talking about. Of course poems. Scream, cry, talk, whisper, sing, etc. If they didn't, they wouldn't be poems.I also loved the essay just for the fact that I've had my 'babies' mutilated before, and you've captured the emotions perfectly in this essay.

You'd better write that novel. Brilliant.

It's a confirmed fact that authors are better writers then English teachers.

And if it's not, then it ought to be.

Brilliant.

Yes, poetry screams... And cries, laughs, loves... Sometimes i feel like my poetry is more alive than I am. Excellent piece, you're probably a better writer than that english teacher, heh heh.