This semester, I needed to take a 300-level English class. I chose poetry, despite having never written poetry. I didn’t even write angst, 16 year old poetry. But I’ve gotten out of my comfort zone and have been doing pretty well in the class. The professor gives us a general word to work off of, like place, object or persona and we write a poem that week based on that word.
With my mind mapping, I started with ice cream, got to BDSM, then jewelry, then over to other luxury items. I decided to take the word luxury and pretend that that was my word for the week in my poetry class. My mind map can be seen in post number 10.
Luxury
I may not be able
to afford a fur coat
like the one Margot wore
in that Wes Anderson film.
But I have a fur stole
my mother wore in college
that’s just as soft
as it was in 1975.
I can’t afford a car
not even a used Ford
as old as me with
three broken handles
and a dent in the hood.
But I have a pink bike
my roommate let me borrow
that gets me around town
faster than walking.
I can’t afford name-brand food
whenever I go to the store
but I still make baked chicken
with pasta and two sides,
because it’s not about
what you can buy.
Feeling like a million bucks
comes from the little things.
The time taken to find
what makes you feel special
and like the queen you are.
Even if those things are
pints of ice cream and
thrift store high heels.
Curiosity killed the cat 
I really liked this poem you wrote. I have been writing poetry for years and I love going back and looking at the first poems I have written because I feel like those are the best and most innocent. I really liked the randomness of your poem and well as the ending. Even though you didn’t reference the “Haagen Daz” brand directly, the poem did a good job in describing its meaning to you. The only thing I would suggest that you work on is trying to describe more in the post about the poem and the meaning/relation to Haagen Dazs behind it because even though I could understand it from reading it, some people may not get that so next time try to describe a little more about the meaning of the post.
Lovely poem. I am especially a fan of the Royal Tenenbaum’s reference you snuck in there! I agree with the above comment that the only thing you could do to improve is maybe tie it to HD. Besides that, keep up your writing. You did a good job for someone who has never written before, and it ties in with luxury so well.