Mediocre poetry
06/22/2011 06:10 a.m.


Ack! I really dislike when I write mediocre poetry for one thing. But when someone NOTICES it's mediocre (i.e., rates it), yet leaves no helpful feedback...that really sucks.

I felt I had some good ideas with that poem, but it just didn't work in the end. However, I would love to explore know why it didn't work.

It would be SO cool if this community could do that for one another. I know it goes on sometimes, but it sure doesn't seem like a lot of it is public.

One of the things I LOVED about the poetry class I took was hearing other writers' work critiqued in a supportive and constructive way. Even if someone just shrugged and said "I don't know, I just didn't like it..." the professor would probe until it was pinned down, and something helpful came out of it.

I am currently: done ranting
Listening to: my daughter in law's morning (nighttime) sickness. Poor girl. But it's still icky.