06-15-2013, 06:25 PM
I have noticed that the offered crit varies considerable not only from person to person, but also even in terms of what an individual might offer as an opinion. (Obviously it is good to have a board a base to keep things objective and fresh). However, I am given cause to question the validity of some points made when I notice what would appear to be a polar opposite opinion being expressed in other crit, or stances taken in their own writings and subsequent defence of crit given on their work.
I know that for many, there is a period when there is bit of a state of flux as we learn our craft and different opinions and skills rub off the shoulders of more experienced voices on the site. This is not really what I am trying to discuss.
I did consider tagging this onto the “what is poetry ?” discussion and please note I am not asking “what is good poetry?”
I’m asking for some opinions and your thoughts concerning a couple of issues that have me gnashing my teeth because they appear to be movable feasts, attached to randomly elliptical pendulums when it comes to consistency. 
Does a poem…?
…need to be PC? (as an absolute / within individual definitions / no not really…”let’s not and say we did!”…besides which we are being radical poets and nobody can second say the art)
…need to have an understandable, or at least some level of discernable meaning? (that is “accessible” to all / a select few)….or alternatively is it only about the relative sounds made by the units of words that is of significance and meaning is only secondary?
(I’ve no doubt there are other points that could be discussed, but these were the most recent two on my horizon).
I know that for many, there is a period when there is bit of a state of flux as we learn our craft and different opinions and skills rub off the shoulders of more experienced voices on the site. This is not really what I am trying to discuss.
I did consider tagging this onto the “what is poetry ?” discussion and please note I am not asking “what is good poetry?”
I’m asking for some opinions and your thoughts concerning a couple of issues that have me gnashing my teeth because they appear to be movable feasts, attached to randomly elliptical pendulums when it comes to consistency. Does a poem…?
…need to be PC? (as an absolute / within individual definitions / no not really…”let’s not and say we did!”…besides which we are being radical poets and nobody can second say the art)
…need to have an understandable, or at least some level of discernable meaning? (that is “accessible” to all / a select few)….or alternatively is it only about the relative sounds made by the units of words that is of significance and meaning is only secondary?
(I’ve no doubt there are other points that could be discussed, but these were the most recent two on my horizon).