09-01-2013, 08:37 AM
i start off expecting a poem to be shit. seldom is a poem perfect, not here not anywhere. if it is perfect, then it opens up for me and i am pleased. it's only happened a few times here. let's face it. most of the online poets are not seamus heaney god bless his irish soul. no they're people who decided they want to write poetry. the idea is to workshop a poem to some kind of readable quality, perfection be it before or after a read and various edits is just to much to hope for. sorry but i'm a realist. we have four or five people on the site who are capable of writing poetry of such a high calibre.
i love it when a poet edits, they can edit 9 or 10 times for me. this is why where here, so poets can improve, i think we're doing pretty well as far as it goes. even those who post and leave have learned something...they learn that there are serious workshops out there and can always return when they get rid of ego boosting.
i'm not sure the poem should be discussed as they can be in the real world. here we give our pov and that is the poet wishes open to discussion. the poet is one who decides if a pov is valid or not. i personally have learnt a lot from this site. if anyone comes here and learn nothing, they're probably on the wrong site.
i love it when a poet edits, they can edit 9 or 10 times for me. this is why where here, so poets can improve, i think we're doing pretty well as far as it goes. even those who post and leave have learned something...they learn that there are serious workshops out there and can always return when they get rid of ego boosting.
i'm not sure the poem should be discussed as they can be in the real world. here we give our pov and that is the poet wishes open to discussion. the poet is one who decides if a pov is valid or not. i personally have learnt a lot from this site. if anyone comes here and learn nothing, they're probably on the wrong site.