03-03-2018, 01:14 AM
I see a value and purpose in separating the poems.
As Audience, yes, we get the greatest value when we read the poems together. If they were published, they should be published together, etc. But here we do not always get to be pure audience. We are part audience, part tool. Though they run on a theme, and are meant to compliment each other, they are still separate poems, complete in themselves. Each one needs to be able to stand alone without depending on the others for its own value. Each one needs it's own chance under the scalpel without being overshadowed by the other. As Workshop, the author gets the greatest value when we critique the poems separately.
As Audience, yes, we get the greatest value when we read the poems together. If they were published, they should be published together, etc. But here we do not always get to be pure audience. We are part audience, part tool. Though they run on a theme, and are meant to compliment each other, they are still separate poems, complete in themselves. Each one needs to be able to stand alone without depending on the others for its own value. Each one needs it's own chance under the scalpel without being overshadowed by the other. As Workshop, the author gets the greatest value when we critique the poems separately.
The Soufflé isn’t the soufflé; the soufflé is the recipe. --Clara