I've noticed in the last few years I've written some poems and thought man this one is going to be really good. I've written others and nearly thrown them away thinking they were awful. Here's the thing, the reaction to these poems has been the opposite of what my expectations were. The "good" ones were met with a lukewarm response, and the "bad" ones were received enthusiastically.
To me that presents a couple of possibilities:
1) I'm a poor judge of my work.
2) The poems that i write and connect with best are not the ones I'm best equipped to write. Meaning, maybe I'm a different type of writer than I think I am and I should explore different content.
Just some thoughts. Does anyone else experience anything like this?
To me that presents a couple of possibilities:
1) I'm a poor judge of my work.
2) The poems that i write and connect with best are not the ones I'm best equipped to write. Meaning, maybe I'm a different type of writer than I think I am and I should explore different content.
Just some thoughts. Does anyone else experience anything like this?
The secret of poetry is cruelty.--Jon Anderson