good answer todd.
i see the majority as average, so that's my base line. it all depends how each person creates their own baseline.
i did a poll
i see the majority as average, so that's my base line. it all depends how each person creates their own baseline.
(11-17-2013, 11:34 AM)Todd Wrote: This is a tough question billy, not because people want to be modest or unduly proud. Good and Bad are such relative terms. Compared to every poet who posts in a forum, how are you? Compared to the published poets you enjoy, how do you stack up?
Here's all I can say, and I'm being completely honest. I'm better than I was last year. Last year I was better than I was three years ago, and so on. It's about continuous improvement and putting in the work.
I know I'll have to spend a year or more on writing blank verse.
I know I'll have to consider line breaks, and imagery, and diction for the rest of my life.
And I would challenge one other thing no matter who you are you can benefit from feedback. I love "Sex Without Love" by Sharon Olds. I would have loved to have written it. She has a few crap line breaks in it. That isn't even debatable. That said, it's a brilliant poem. It could be better though.
My goal is to get better. I'm only competing against myself, so the yardstick of good and bad doesn't apply.
Just my thoughts.
i did a poll