online class irony?

i'm took an online class this past summer. it was an online course on teaching online courses. would that be considered irony? i suppose not.

irony

1. 1. The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
   2. An expression or utterance marked by a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning.
   3. A literary style employing such contrasts for humorous or rhetorical effect.
2. 1. Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs.
   2. An occurrence, result, or circumstance notable for such incongruity.

(I guess it's more "cosmic irony" -- something that appears "as if in mockery of the fitness or rightness of things")

Edna Staebler

"Don't try to become, simply search; open your eyes and your heart and your mind -- writing is feeling and observation. Observe. Be sensitive. Seek always truth, beauty and kindness and write about it. You become what you look for."

california poppies

solitary on long stems;
four fans neatly coiled
inside the pointed elf cap of the flower bud --
soon to be pushed off by expanding petals
leaving behind at the base
a pink ring.

entire hillsides along the coasts of california
were washed in reflected sunlight
from satin orange-gold blossoms
rising out of blue green carrot-like foliage,
causing russian mariners to exclaim
"This is the land of fire!"

the spanish called them:

copa de oro --
"cup of gold,"
harmonious with indian legend
that the gold in california comes
from fallen poppy petals.

and sometimes

dormidera --
"the drowsy one,"
when at dusk
petals fold in on themselves
and nearly disappear.

the day i married you
i held them nestled
in sweet alyssum;
dense clusters of tiny
snow-white flowers
cushioning each orange bloom.