11-20-2017, 01:28 AM
Hey Todd and Janine,
Thanks for the feedback.
As always Todd, you've got me thinking of some wonderful revisions for this one. I find it really interesting what you and Janie said about the third section because it did start out as its own poem, and then I absorbed it into this poem as it took shape.
Janine, I don't want to give too much away about the poem here, but this poem actually did start out about something else related to Autism and ended up somewhere I never intended. My son was actually diagnosed with Autism about a month and a half ago, so that has been something I've been working through in my more recent writings. However, as I worked on this poem, I realized that it had less to do with Autism and more to do with some feelings I needed to deal with. I've never been a direct victim of child abuse, so one of my greatest fears with this poem was offending anyone who has been, which is definitely not my intention. I hope some of this clears it up.
Thanks again,
Richard
Thanks for the feedback.
As always Todd, you've got me thinking of some wonderful revisions for this one. I find it really interesting what you and Janie said about the third section because it did start out as its own poem, and then I absorbed it into this poem as it took shape.
Janine, I don't want to give too much away about the poem here, but this poem actually did start out about something else related to Autism and ended up somewhere I never intended. My son was actually diagnosed with Autism about a month and a half ago, so that has been something I've been working through in my more recent writings. However, as I worked on this poem, I realized that it had less to do with Autism and more to do with some feelings I needed to deal with. I've never been a direct victim of child abuse, so one of my greatest fears with this poem was offending anyone who has been, which is definitely not my intention. I hope some of this clears it up.
Thanks again,
Richard
Time is the best editor.