I Am a Snob, or, 'A Definition'

A 'pimple poem' is essentially an ode, written as an expression of teenage angst. It is often rhymed--forcedly so--and can be found scrawled in high school notebooks and on live journals across the net. Often, it lacks even a hint at rhythm, and its structure is rarely overly complicated. By definition, a pimple poem must contain simple, emotionally/romantically evocative words like 'love' and 'hurt' and 'ache' and 'night' and 'stars.' Often laced with odd manipulations of language (L3Et-5pe4k: 'ur' 'luv' 'l8r' 'ne') and fraught with common profanity, it offers a copious use of obvious rhymes (above/love, eyes/lies, heart/apart) and little in the way of metaphor. It is written by the budding poet, for the budding poet, and is a crucial step in one's development as a writer of rhymed poetry: it teaches one what to avoid when composing metrical verse. (see thepinkbunnyofdoom, katie, blade, Teen14, loneshadow29, Jay J.C., JoyfulySlotterdKitty, amalea, little_angel_maria, etc. for classic symptoms.)