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PoeticJustice
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since 2002-11-29
Posts 44
AK, USA

0 posted 2002-12-04 03:03 AM


I'm still new here and I just think you're all wayyyyy too lenient on your critique... All I ever here is "nice!", "awesome", "that's good!", "I love it!". Cmon, there's gotta be at least ONE mean person here!
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296
Purgatorial Incarceration
1 posted 2002-12-04 03:27 AM


Have you posted in the Critical Analysis Forum yet? I can think of half a dozen people I would respectfully label many things... nice not among them.
Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554

2 posted 2002-12-04 08:10 AM


(IMHO)The word "mean" and poetry dont belong together...If youre looking for one of those forums where everyone shreds one another to up their own egos, where everyone fights, acts catty and rude, then you are in the wrong place.
Constructive critique has nothing to do with being "mean"...even if a person were to read a poem they found "lacking" ...they should be able to tell the poet their opinion with respect kept in tact and not be "mean."
There is a differnce between constructive critique and trading insults. All too often that line gets blurred on the net. Ron and his Mods have worked very hard to create a place where poets can be assured those lines are well defined. Like Chris said if you want more in depth critique try CA, and also does your critique message make it clear that you want a certain type of response?
Also , some poets just dont feel comfortable or "qualified" to tell another how to write.
Hopefully no one gets comfortable being "mean."


RSWells
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since 2001-06-17
Posts 2533

3 posted 2002-12-04 10:40 AM


I'm mean. This just isn't the place. We, all amatuers, may not feel qualified to judge the quality of others work. There are places on the net that get down and dirty. The worst that will happen here is you'll not get comments or that the few, out of politeness, will be transparent enough that all but the obtuse will get the message, or lack thereof. The aforementioned forum will try and help you with your craft.
I posted in innocense elsewhere and was attacked. I was (if I don't mind saying) outstanding in my verbal vengance, but it drained my energy and detracted me from what I really wanted to say and what direction I would hope my life to go in.
Live and learn I suppose.

Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354
Listening to every heart
4 posted 2002-12-04 10:43 AM


PJ, there's a critique button that you can push in your profile, and it will tell the members that you want constructive critiques.  You also have the opportunity of defining your request and letting us know what you are looking for - be it in the form of editorial; grammatical, overall consensus; even a deeply philosophical approach, i.e., "what does my poetry SAY to you?"

But it's up to YOU to punch that button!  Let us know what you want, and chances are, you're going to get it.

With a side-serving of Nice, of course!  

hush
Senior Member
since 2001-05-27
Posts 1653
Ohio, USA
5 posted 2002-12-04 11:10 AM


Half a dozen, Chris? Jeez, we're not that mean in CA, are we?

Poetic Justice, your gripe is why I never post poetry in the busy main forums. If you really want long, in-depth dissection of your poetry, try CA, it's the best place to look for critique.

Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
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Posts 8296
Purgatorial Incarceration
6 posted 2002-12-04 08:13 PM


awww, hush, you make up two out of that six! (brad's the other four!)
Brad
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since 1999-08-20
Posts 5705
Jejudo, South Korea
7 posted 2002-12-04 08:47 PM


My name is legion.
PoeticJustice
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since 2002-11-29
Posts 44
AK, USA
8 posted 2002-12-05 02:31 AM


Hmm... I'll have to try that forum. But I didn't mean mean, I meant more like instead of saying "it's nice!" or "I love it!" as I see for just about everything(I understand how it's hard to critique poetry for what it means, poetry is straight from a person's soul, not something that's right or wrong), but stuff like, "well it seemed a little forced here," "you could have described this better here," and stuff like that. But I imagine what I'm looking for is in the critical analysis forum... And I guess I'm not used to such a positive response (I rarely show my poetry to other people).
Midnitesun
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Gaia
9 posted 2002-12-07 04:00 PM


You might also try the Sanctuary.
Some of us haven't got a mean bone in our body...but if you really want critiques?
LOL, I'll pick apart your next post IF I find so much as a typo.
But mean? NEVER! I left that forum when I joined PIPS.  

Brad
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since 1999-08-20
Posts 5705
Jejudo, South Korea
10 posted 2002-12-08 09:01 AM


I've read you stuff. You don't want to hear my opinion.
aaron woodside
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since 2001-09-26
Posts 256

11 posted 2002-12-24 02:52 AM


Lol well, Brad I'd actually like your opinion on my one poem over in the Crit forum.  I'm pretty open to changing just about everything in it, as I hope to enter it in a contest soon.  I actually felt a little...slighted when you didn't respond to it.     Thnx to hush for their opinions, I thought them quite useful.  I would post in the crit forum but I don't think myself a decent enough writer to suggest anything for someone else's poems in that forum.

ex animo,
Aaron Woodside

There are no great men, only men in great circumstances.

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738

12 posted 2002-12-24 06:09 AM


One word:

"Thorazine"

(and now?)

"Have a Disney Day!"

(izzit me? or should I have my hormones checked?)

OH.

"And for your own safety, please remain seated and keep your hands and feet in the cart at all times."

?

Brad
Member Ascendant
since 1999-08-20
Posts 5705
Jejudo, South Korea
13 posted 2002-12-24 04:23 PM


Sorry, that wasn't meant seriously. I'll try to get to that poem later. 'Her Secret', right? Quickly, while you have some interesting points, I don't think you've made it dramatic enough and by that I don't mean emotional, I mean more like a play.


aaron woodside
Member
since 2001-09-26
Posts 256

14 posted 2002-12-24 06:21 PM


Her secret.  Yes thats it.  I'll look into what you said and will say.  Thnx in advance.

ex animo,
Aaron Woodside

There are no great men, only men in great circumstances.

fractal007
Senior Member
since 2000-06-01
Posts 1958

15 posted 2002-12-28 11:42 PM


I sorta agree with you, PJ, but in my experience it doesn't matter what people say about a poem when you first post it.  In the end you'll look at the poem a year later and think it sounds really stupid.  But that's just my experience.  

I still have to work up the courage to start posting in CA again.  Last time I posted there was during my time creating mutated iambic pentameter.  

"If history is to change, let it change. If the world is to be destroyed, so be it. If my fate is to die, I must simply laugh"

-- Magus

poohbear19
Member
since 2003-02-02
Posts 94
Colorado, USA
16 posted 2003-02-04 08:21 PM


I can be mean but only if someone wants me to actually critique their work. I like my work critiqued too.

Andrea

defenestrate
Junior Member
since 2003-01-10
Posts 46
nc, us
17 posted 2003-02-04 10:34 PM


i think this is a very lacking rant. hardly took up two lines. and what a hackneyed plea-another poet looking to be an ascetic. do me a favor and complain about something that grabs my interest, like the lack of the use of the word "calumny". best of luck next time (hope that's not too nice), but this is a real buzzkill as a rant.

(mean mode off)

chasing rain
Senior Member
since 2001-05-15
Posts 737
Canada
18 posted 2003-02-09 08:46 PM


FOR SHAME!!!

If I was too happy, I'd have no smile to give. I mean, really, would you classify a smile eternally plastered on someone's face 24/7 (yes, even in their sleep) a smile? NO! NEVER!

Maybe.

Leah
alterego
Member
since 2002-02-23
Posts 113
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
19 posted 2003-02-14 08:53 PM


Something else you might consider as well..  there are probably more people reading your poetry than will ever respond to it... something I had to learn the hard way.  I read a fair amount of what gets put up, but I've come to be not so comfortable posting to critique for good or bad.  I just like to read poetry.  So, if you like to write it, and you think it's good enough to post, that's really all that matters here.

Sheila

Create something infinite today - Smile!!!

sellout007
Member
since 2003-02-14
Posts 108
Suburbs of Chicago, IL
20 posted 2003-02-15 06:06 PM


I thought about this when i first got here. But i got to realizing that there are *tons* of people readding each post. So out of lets say out of 500 people that view your post, you get 9 replies that say your work was great. What did the other 491 people think of it? Some either just didnt post, or they didnt post because they didnt like it.

Which i find respectful. If you dont like it, dont post. I only post in the poems that i truely do like. If i dont like it...or more then not dont understand it(still new to poetry i get stuck on meanings alot *lol) i just dont post.

A dream is but a dream, you can wake up.  Reality is ultimate, and those who share it with us are far more important than anything we could remember,

Dopey Dope
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Member Patricius
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Posts 11132
San Juan, Puerto Rico
21 posted 2003-02-23 06:25 PM


I'm pretty mean buddy
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