Simplicity in Poetry

[Lizzie]

It isn't that I don't understand it's that I will always try to make the poem the best I can which sometimes causes these discrepancies. For me, it is all about the poem.

Well, whatever you're doing is working, so I say keep doing it. For me, I'm not satisfied with my work unless it makes a connection. That's just what I find compelling about writing. I have to believe on some level that you see the value of this yourself, since your work is quite good. I've never forgotten your poem Hide & Seek and how it leveled me when I read it. So, I know that you understand the necessity of grabbing the reader and hugging them tight.

I'm not going to write shit just so that it will sell. I'm not about to run out and write the next "Twilight." I agree with C that the word "pander" feels like you mean selling out.