Interpretation...is it valid critique?

[ellajam]

Sometimes I read one of these poems on here and I can't help doing an eyeroll of 'oh gawd, really' and then I'll read the critique by the people who know stuff and think, oh, I got that wrong then.

I wish more people shared my personal taste.

done that been there

I think the answer to that is to critique from your own taste instead of assuming others are "right" and you are "wrong". Then when people drop in to read they will see your POV and maybe like minds will join. The rules here don't say you have to agree, just that you have to take part.