07-15-2014, 05:50 PM
i'm all good with people who don't yet know how to use the site or give insightful feedback, we all or most of us had to start at the very same point and saying something is good/great or wonderful is also okay, the latter though, only working if it's said sparsely and intermixed with some in depth poetry. but that isn't what the questions about.
why if you don't want to workshop are we here. why if you don't want to give or take feedback that's honest are we here. we do allow people to join and post as they want but if they post poetry we expect some decent input from you in return.
i always harp on about ray (you'll mainly see him in the for fun section or winding me up) he doesn't tent to give much feedback in the main poetry forums but he contributes to the site as much or more than many of us here. an aside to his posting helps people to see what decent poetry could look like. in truth he's a one off but that's his bag and it works for him and the site. we have less crafted poets who give only small amounts of honest feedback and these too are just as valuable.
almost every part of this statement instills in me a great sadness. i imagine newbs reading it and see them emulating it, not only here but on other workshopping sites. and as an aside, the person obviously has concerns, enough to call himself a master poet. i'm his reader and yet delight was not the thing that came to mind with anything he said or posted. aren't we better than that. it's my first day back proper and somehow i feel so deflated on reading the above comment. i'd much sooner have ray try and tear me a new bottom
why if you don't want to workshop are we here. why if you don't want to give or take feedback that's honest are we here. we do allow people to join and post as they want but if they post poetry we expect some decent input from you in return.
i always harp on about ray (you'll mainly see him in the for fun section or winding me up) he doesn't tent to give much feedback in the main poetry forums but he contributes to the site as much or more than many of us here. an aside to his posting helps people to see what decent poetry could look like. in truth he's a one off but that's his bag and it works for him and the site. we have less crafted poets who give only small amounts of honest feedback and these too are just as valuable.
Quote:As a master poet of 35 years, I post my musings to delight my readers and have no concerns whatever about what may be said of my skills and creativity.
almost every part of this statement instills in me a great sadness. i imagine newbs reading it and see them emulating it, not only here but on other workshopping sites. and as an aside, the person obviously has concerns, enough to call himself a master poet. i'm his reader and yet delight was not the thing that came to mind with anything he said or posted. aren't we better than that. it's my first day back proper and somehow i feel so deflated on reading the above comment. i'd much sooner have ray try and tear me a new bottom