11-01-2011, 05:33 PM
For goodness sake, billy, you have every right to say what you like.
I am a very confident person, except in relation to my poetry. Most of what I do is instinctive and I really do not have any idea if the end result is rubbish or not. However, I was very pleased with The Storm when I first wrote it. Of course the edit wasn't my voice...my voice was the original poem - but, I was shown that the original poem wasn't very good....ergo...I am an inferior poet with no taste. (Distorted thinking, but who has control of such things?)
So, no-one who has produced input for my poem has anything to be concerned about. The fault lies with me.
Hi, Addy
See my reply to billy. I think I must learn to stand up for myself. I think advise in regard to line breaks, and use of adverbs and definite articles, missing comma's, spelling errors, making use of white space etc. will be welcomed by me with open arms. All good advise. But, anything which involves the subject of the poem and the effect I am trying to achieve is something I must think seriously about, and defend if necessary. That way, the poem stays mine.
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I am a very confident person, except in relation to my poetry. Most of what I do is instinctive and I really do not have any idea if the end result is rubbish or not. However, I was very pleased with The Storm when I first wrote it. Of course the edit wasn't my voice...my voice was the original poem - but, I was shown that the original poem wasn't very good....ergo...I am an inferior poet with no taste. (Distorted thinking, but who has control of such things?)
So, no-one who has produced input for my poem has anything to be concerned about. The fault lies with me.
Hi, Addy
See my reply to billy. I think I must learn to stand up for myself. I think advise in regard to line breaks, and use of adverbs and definite articles, missing comma's, spelling errors, making use of white space etc. will be welcomed by me with open arms. All good advise. But, anything which involves the subject of the poem and the effect I am trying to achieve is something I must think seriously about, and defend if necessary. That way, the poem stays mine.
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