The Problem With English Lessons

I want to know

Why I don't like English

Lessons, that is

I love reading, writing, imagining,

So why is it

This subject eludes me?

I don't understand

Why we need to know

Why the writer put

That the sky was blue

Who cares?

It's blue

That's all that matters

Getting lost

In a world that a genius

Created

What's the point

In writing reams and reams

Of things that

I bet the writer

Didn't think about

I don't know if

What they put

Has a hidden meaning

And if it's good

I don't want to

Look too deeply

I want

To let it all

Just wash over me

I've been told not

To be so childish

Churlish and silly

But I really am

Trying to be mature

I just don't understand

Why literature

Is ruined

In English lessons

Reviews

[Emily B]

we take all the best things and make them a chore, it's maybe the most human quality there is

[Rachie B]

Hey!! You already knew that I liked your poem, but I'll say it again anyway. I like your poem :) No, scrap that. I love your poem!!! Oh, and you edited that last line... It makes more sense now :)

[Marie]

I understand your feeling. But when people make glaring mistakes in grammar and punctuation in poetry (even though poets have a great deal of liberty) it's irritating for the reader (at least for this one). I have not found mistakes in your work, so you obviously know the rules.