need to write more poetry

My poetry professor at BYU was super strict. 

He hated everything that wasn't concrete imagery. We couldn't talk about abstract concepts without getting points deducted. I felt like I wrote some pretty good poetry for that class, especially considering how out of practice I was, but I only made an A- on one poem. Everything else was a B or a B+. 

For the final poetry portfolio, I made every single adjustment my professor suggested, and I still got a B. In the end, I had a B+ in that class. 

I've hardly touched poetry since that class. It wrecked my confidence, and my inner critic got amplified. 

Whereas with ordinary differential equations, I got a B+, but that class was super hard, so it made sense. I was happy with the grade. 

In my fiction classes, I always got As. There were some pretty mean students in my Beginning Novel class, who made fun of my writing, but my professor liked my writing well enough. I ended up tying with a few other students for the highest grade on the final, as well as in the course overall. 

I loved Advanced Fiction. Not a single complaint. Fantastic class. Similarly, Brandon Sanderson's class was top-notch. 

I'm going to start writing poetry again. I don't know how often, and I don't care if it sucks. I just need to express myself. 

On a side note, my new job at DreamWorks is going well and I'd better get to that! Love working there!