Freedom of expression in Poetry.

[billy]

it seems the consensus is, if it's good poetry, it's good poetry. while there will always be some that don't think a poem good or great, the thing will either stand or fall on it's quality as a poem. liked the poem dale.

i remember reading a poem about sex with a minor (someone asked me for feedback) the poem was almost childish in it's construction and done for shock value alone. it in some ways repulsed me that such a think could be written by an adult in order to simply shock, i gave it fair feedback and pointed out all the things which didn't work, i couldn't actually find anything in the poem of note (craftwise) which sort of bears out what leanne said.