Concrete poems, assignment 4, and the third floor

Dear All,
Assignment four was frustrating. In my last class on Tuesday, we were given an assignment to create a poem 'recipe' that included all the elements we thought should be in a Gothic novel. My roommate, with whom I share everything about classes, decided we should do a concrete poem. We did, it wasn't very good and her picture was....lopsided. When I got home from class I chose to take our initial thought and expand on it, adding a lot more detail both in words and form. It took FOREVER! Then, I re-read assignment four and realized we needed to have 42-84 lines. Poop.
I had no clue if a concrete poem counted for 42 lines...there are not that many lines but it was tricky coming up with words that fit the exact curve that I wanted and getting the line to format correctly. It bothers me just to have a bunch of letters as a poem...that is just the way I am. I appreciate it but I wouldn't be completely happy to have published it, so, I used full words.
Afterward, I was tuckered out. I didn't really have an idea where I wanted to go with a new poem (and I was sorely tempted to re-submit assignment 3). In the end I continued a little with the Gothic horror theme and also played around a little with spellings and to a much lesser extent, syntax.
In conclusion, (and yes I know you are not supposed to end things with that phrase) concrete poetry, on a computer, is a tricky Mother....
Have a stupendous weekend and practice safe partying habits!