No, sorry. There are no subjects that can be off limit for an artist, otherwise we're just producing sanitised pop bullshit. Anything is fair game, handled well -- and the purpose of this thread was to highlight how subjects can be handled appallingly fucking badly.
We are not here as counsellors. We will moderate comments that address the poet assuming that the poem is autobiographical, and we will reprimand poets who take offense to comments that they believe are directed at them personally, because they have not yet learned to detach themselves from their poetry. Assume you were publishing in a traditional format. Would you write a poem as a suicide letter, have it put into a book, attempt suicide and then blame the critics of your book for commenting on your use of cliche?
We are not here as counsellors. We will moderate comments that address the poet assuming that the poem is autobiographical, and we will reprimand poets who take offense to comments that they believe are directed at them personally, because they have not yet learned to detach themselves from their poetry. Assume you were publishing in a traditional format. Would you write a poem as a suicide letter, have it put into a book, attempt suicide and then blame the critics of your book for commenting on your use of cliche?
It could be worse