August spits and holds

[rayheinrich]

I hesitate to do say this being a fairly new moderator, but I must say that the replies to this thread have wandered so far to be disrespectful to the poet. Whether you think this is a good poem, a poem gone bad or an 'attempt to appear deep through obfuscation', this is the poet's thread and comments should be restricted to work-shopping the poem.

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By and large there were many references to the poem and it was a
wonderfully intelligent discussion. Narrowing the discussion to "work-shopping"
is narrowing our minds to juggling a few words. Not the kind of thing
that improves anyone's writing. Next you'll be asking us to limit
discussions to 25 words and not to use any big words. Absurd!
This is supposed to be a creative writing board, not an elementary
school. Or wait, am I wrong, is it? Tell me now, wouldn't want to waste
any more "big words"

Sincerely and slightly pissed off,
Ray