crit/feedback

[tectak]

wht's good, what's bad about feedback. use some of the post below to discuss this old bugbear

just a note:
by all means slate a pice of poetry if you think it deserves it. don't slate the poet. sounds silly i know.

If there is any point in technical criticism of this work I am afraid it is outside my ability. acceptable if a tad harsh, and it does criticise the poem.

why on earth would you think that anyone would wish to read it? you did this is commenting on the poet which isn't criticism of the poem as such. most of us like straight forward when it comes to feedback, i doubt any of us including your good self relish personal feedback about our integrity or intent, (note this isn't in thread police red,)

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chaotic; for now try posting in mild crit, it will be more beneficial in the long run/admin

Hi billy.
Phew. Glad to get that off my chest. I hope my comments will not be read by chaotic as a personal criticism. The problem I have with giving a critique of any poetry is when the perpetrator of the piece writes themselves into the body of the piece; the critic is then disabled for fear of shouts of foul....personal attack. This often happens when a writer includes unmasked opinion....ask Salman Rushdie....and up goes the rocket.
If chaotic reads this I must say I am unrepentant of my suggestion that he/she (I have not looked) looks outside the somewhat overdone genre of shock-verse because I see the signs of great things to come.....but in so saying I am making a very personal observation of chaotic based upon submitted works and replies to criticism.
In closing, though I read the piece in question, I did not want to then and I do not want to now; but that should say a good deal about my own tenacity in the role of concerned critic. My comments on my inabilty to critique the piece on technical grounds remain valid. I was,of course, referring to those unimportant aspects of poetry such as rythm, meter, metaphor, structure, grammar.
Best all.
Tectak
Happy for this to be moved expediently and discretely to discussion.board

[billy]

i totally agree about giving crit on personal poems, in those instances neg crit can do nothing but attack the poet, i think that would be the exception to the rule.
the one which i think was more personal than crit was the " why on earth would you think that anyone would wish to read it?" which is arguable i know, i'll get someone to move these last few posts to discussion and we can do it them justice there. thanks for not getting huffy and for replying to my pm so soon