My name is Nicholas. I am a 17 year old senior currently attending Lapeer High School. I just moved to Lapeer last summer of 2021, and I love to read and skateboard. I am enjoying Ms. Summerlee’s creative writing class so far, because it has placed me outside of my comfort zone by focusing primarily on poetry. When I initially signed up for the class I had expected that we were going to be focusing chiefly on prose, but working on improving my poetry skills has given me a newfound appreciation for poetry and lyricism.

I chose my poem “Money” because I enjoyed writing about how money is the source of all evil. In “Money” I described money as a sort of unavoidable menace to society that should be detested as much as humanly possible. I was inspired by the hardships experienced by friends and family members, and how their hardships shaped who they are today.