Proving Ground

Proving Ground

@mikepollick

Proving Ground features visualized poetry and humor essays I've published over the years. If you like what you see here, consider ordering a print or electronic version of "Michael Pollick's Proving Ground" or "The Keepinnit Reels", currently available at many online booksellers. https://www.booksamillion.com/product/9798224652778

Videos Playlists

College Football Follies

Lecture Hall, Cattle Call

College Homesickness

College Town Experience

Dorm Life Chronicles

Library Life Lessons

Scholarship Shenanigans

College Confusion

Fraternity Chronicles

Punk_Rock_Chaos

Lemonade_Lessons

Culinary Gadgets Unleashed

Saturday Night Nostalgia

Video Store Nostalgia

Culinary Adventure

Vice-Principals And Guidance Counselors:These Were ACTUAL Job Titles, Right?

Driver’s Ed Teachers: Nerves Of Steel, Buckets Of Sweat.

Yes Yes Cookies, Pizzarias, And Maple Nut Goodies: Gimme Back My Snack Bullets

Keeping The "Square" In Square Dancing: Bowing To The Inevitable

Eight-Track Tapes: NOT The Cutting Edge of ‘70s Technology

Three Million Years Of Evil: Emus Make Lousy Housepets

The Hat Trick Of Cool: MAGNUS Chord Organ, Clarinet, Accordion

Petting Zoos: Can We Finally Stop Calling Them Fun?

A Sea Of Chocolate Milks: Lunchroom Monitor Confidential

It's Going In The Cart: The Evil Seductress Known As "New And Improved".

A Plank Of Wood, A Cinderblock, And An Audience: Key Ingredients For Committing Evel

Recipe Renegades In The Sarvice Of The Lard

Garanimals: Comic Book Clothing For The Stylistically Impaired

The Back Of The Station Wagon: It’s Not The Heat, It’s the Fumidity