I hate reading and writing poetry.
I make no justification or apology for this.

However, in college I was forced to take a few poetry classes, and so it was my unhappy duty to make genuine attempts at writing poetry, and I did my best to write great poems because I was more or less paying to do so. That was motivation enough to keep me from just going through the motions with just enough effort to pass, however now that I am no longer coerced into writing poetry, I can finally say that this folder will represent my comprehensive works of poetry.