poem length.

[billy]

i have to state that i hate to critique on those real lengthy buggers, but as you say, it's not too bad if they're good ones....how rare is that though. i think i'm saying that if the majority can't write a medium sized poem, stop playing poet laureate with the long ones. the phrase :the bigger they are the harder they fall" comes to mind.
edit are easier on shorter poems, mistakes better seen, more chance of feedback, so to the novice poet my advice will always be, to over extend yourself by writing a fuckin epic. i got carried away there didn't I ?