I've read and enjoyed the thread on how to know if your poetry sucks.
http://pigpenpoetry.com/Thread-For-Begin...etry-Sucks
I started thinking about other things that cause poems to suck. At all levels of experience, I think a lot of poems suck when poets settle for the good and the easy instead of the best. When we settle for the first word, or the first image. The poem often becomes boring, predictable, and even cliche. Before finishing a poem, it's important to stop and ask ourselves is it boring, is it easy...does it suck?
And then change it.
Thoughts?
http://pigpenpoetry.com/Thread-For-Begin...etry-Sucks
I started thinking about other things that cause poems to suck. At all levels of experience, I think a lot of poems suck when poets settle for the good and the easy instead of the best. When we settle for the first word, or the first image. The poem often becomes boring, predictable, and even cliche. Before finishing a poem, it's important to stop and ask ourselves is it boring, is it easy...does it suck?
And then change it.
Thoughts?
The secret of poetry is cruelty.--Jon Anderson