a point arose about this is not poetry

[billy]

i feel for dale yet i'm not sure i've ever said to someone this is not poetry, i have skirted such ideas by saying this is prose etc.

(i'm just getting the ball rolling)
and if i wasn't such a thick skinned piglet i'd be aghast at being told my poem wasn't poetry.

i think leanne has a valid point in pointing out that one person's non poetry is another's good poetry or not.

i alos think some should be able to say this is not what i see as poetry, which is not the same as "this isn't poetry" being old school if someone told me this isn't poetry i'd more want to know why not than worry about what had just been said.

all the above aside, i'm one of those people who try to be honest without being harsh (and yes, sometimes i fail) sometimes harsh is the only way, my opinion on the said poem is this, no pics in serious poetry and i did see it as a poetry. it needed an edit as most poetry does on this site but it had some good lines, (i'll leave feedback later)

this thread isn't about that said poem though,

it about all the other things i mentioned.