Henceforth, Take Thou Eyes Lain Upon Thee Visions of Beauty In Thee Gracious Contemplation of One’s Portfolio And Banish Them Forevermore →
Back when I was a student in college, I took a poetry-writing course that turned out to be on of the biggest influences on my writing career hawking hamburgers, pickles, pre-need funerals, and other earthly consumer and business-to-business goods. It was taught by a visiting professor. I don’t remember his name, but I was told he was a published poet.
Early in the trimester—it even could have been on the first day—he said that there are many words that inherently sound “poetic” and that we…
