are there things you dislike about poetry

[Todd]

I don't like stuff that's cryptic for the sake of being cryptic. It's hard to say what it is exactly that I hate in some cases because I come to each poem hoping this will be something great and then I get to some phrase, line, or gimmick and I just get pissed off that it's ruined. It's not really fair but it's sort of like the addict chasing the first high. Usually they're trying to be poetic, and it comes across forced. I hate it in my own writing, and I hate it in other people's writing.

The ego of poets...yeah, that can be annoying too.