03-20-2013, 04:35 AM
Amy, don't sweat it -- I'm always being told that I my language is too difficult, though not on this site anymore because I shot those people and buried them in Todd's sock drawer.
Personally, I love to be challenged by a poem. Those are the pieces that I will read the most often, but they're also the ones that take the longest to do justice to with a comment. I don't mind a prosaic tone if it's done well and I enjoy a good example of any style of poem -- but what I like the most is someone who has their own style, their own voice, and they retain that while listening to criticisms and confidently deciding what is and isn't going to enhance their poem. Every reader brings something different to a poem and it's a difficult balancing act to work out what to listen to and what is going to cause your poem to lose its focus and personality.
Unfortunately, most of the members on any poetry site are just passing through in the hope of praise and adoration. The ones that stick around, though -- they're to be cherished.
Personally, I love to be challenged by a poem. Those are the pieces that I will read the most often, but they're also the ones that take the longest to do justice to with a comment. I don't mind a prosaic tone if it's done well and I enjoy a good example of any style of poem -- but what I like the most is someone who has their own style, their own voice, and they retain that while listening to criticisms and confidently deciding what is and isn't going to enhance their poem. Every reader brings something different to a poem and it's a difficult balancing act to work out what to listen to and what is going to cause your poem to lose its focus and personality.
Unfortunately, most of the members on any poetry site are just passing through in the hope of praise and adoration. The ones that stick around, though -- they're to be cherished.
It could be worse