Cruel and Unusual Punishment

marite
Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:09:51 +0000

…their punishment goes beyond community service and public embarrassment. Twenty-five of the party-goers have been sentenced to attend a poetry class…



Poetry as punishment? That’ll learn ‘em. Will it improve their SAT-Verbal or will it reinforce male teenagers’ notion that poetry is for the birds?
What does the Poet Laureate think of this unusual (but cruel???) punishment?