Sapphic Distress: Form & Theory, Necessary Evils

So, Ash writes:

I'm trying hard to work on my thesis (book), but I'm so distracted right now that I can't concentrate. I have to write a sapphic for my Form and Theory class. Like I care about a sapphic. I've been trying to think of a way to make the F&T assignments into stuff I can use for my book, but so far I haven't been able to. Keep your fingers crossed for me.

A couple of things here. Now I'm not in MFA school, and when I was, well, it was a disaster. But, let's not be so quick to knock something like "Form and Theory" class. One can probably learn a lot more in one such course than a whole slew of workshops. As for making things "fit" into a book--I'd say "don't worry about it." I think I wrote poems steadily for five years before I had anything "good." Or poems that were acceptable to me. That's not to say I didn't publish any, because I did. However, looking back on those poems is like looking at the work of another person, or several other persons. But I spent a lot of time experimenting with forms, giving myself constraints, and so on. I knew somewhere in the back of my mind that I wasn't going to end up with good poems, per se, but the exercises themselves were good for me. I think. And yes, I wrote for five years, produced hundreds of "poems" and not a single one survives. I began writing my "real" poems in early 2002. The work I put in beforehand was essential to my "good" poems.

That said, let's help Ash out. We should all write a quick Sapphic and post to the comment box here. Entries due by 5 pm PDT today. Best Sapphic wins a random trinket from my junk drawer.