Grammar, Punctuation & Good Critique

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Since joining this forum I've had so many great discussions and gotten some excellent notes. I also notice plenty of critique that points out grammar and punctuation "errors" as if we are all writing for the Wall Street Journal. 

I think this is frankly completely misguided. There's no reason to think a poem can't use fragments, or must link two independents with a full stop, or whatever normal rules of engagement apply to punctuation and syntax. 

If it doesn't serve the poem, say so. But this is POETRY y'all! There is no inherent reason to reify conventions of Standard English. 

Ok, Fox out!

There is a discussion about that somewhere and I think the general consensus was it is a courtesy to point out grammar errors (like a general favor to an author who may not have noticed) but it is not a substitute for actual feedback - I will see if I can find it, I think it was pretty long - and here it is: 

And I want to add on to that as someone who probably breaks grammar conventions more than most, it can be valuable if breaking the conventions is effective in the way I want it to be or if it just looks like an error