When Poetry was About a Burrito
The word "nostalgia" comes to mind when I think about poetry. During 5th grade, I somehow won a poetry award for writing about a burrito. I know it sounds crazy, but the ridiculous story of myself creating a burrito that comes to life and begs me to spare it and become my pet actually won me an award and got my poem published in an online book. I still remember the shock and disbelief I had because I was completely unaware that there was an award. It all happened so fast - on one day I was handing in my hard copy of my poem to my English teacher as an assignment and a few days later, I was typing up my silly burrito poem online so my teacher could send it to get published. That was over 7 years ago, but I still remember how fun poetry was. Creativity was encouraged, rules were limited, and my imagination was working its magic. I'm don't remember clearly how I came up with the crazy burrito story of mine, but I'm almost sure my idea came from the fact th...