09-03-2016, 01:04 AM
Mild is variety/ego-stroking/fast-action feedback for me, so if I want all those things, there -- while Serious is more slow-burning, "hallowed literary exposition" type stuff. From Misc, I can get both, plus some jokes, off topic discussions, and, my favorite, response poems, all in practically equal measure -- from Fun, again all of those, but way less opportunities to get random insight, so I'm starting to shy away from that. Also shying away from Novice, which I'm thinking is built more for new critics than for actual poetry discussion (so basically like term papers are when compared to theses). And Member's Only, well, if a publisher dun like the fact that this (afaik nonprofit) site got the stuff first, then tough luck. I think I've posted mostly in Mild, Serious, and Misc.
Ooh, and a note: Though there are no obligations in either misc or short poems, posting proper crit there per crit received just feels, I dunno, right, especially since what's posted short poems, I think, is supposed to get proper crit anyways, even if it's not a critical forum.
Ooh, and a note: Though there are no obligations in either misc or short poems, posting proper crit there per crit received just feels, I dunno, right, especially since what's posted short poems, I think, is supposed to get proper crit anyways, even if it's not a critical forum.

