And here I was thinking this was just a mutual admiration society :)
Well it is good to know and remember that comments might just disappear from a thread, but If people can't stomach leaving the comment there then I'm ok with that. It's important too to try to be constructive with criticism, or maybe leave yourself open to the same reception by posting your own poems.
I can't imagine anyone bagging your stuff CapCloud, I've dug whatever I've read of yours so far :)
I try. I'll rebuild my "balls" poem so you can see for yourself it wasn't mean. My "Cave Lover" poem will be a little harder to replicate...you know...the sublime inspiration isn't something that comes in a can or anything.
I wish our revered and Right Honorable Admins could've seen them. Both Rael and James have a delightful sense of humor.
I'll continue to write for the smile and never, ever, plagiarize. Like I always say,
"Copy from one, it's plagiarism; copy from two, it's research."
I know that sounds like Milton, but it's really mine (i changed some puncuation)
Something interesting: did you know that you can post your writing here and then delete WITH any critiques and threads that follow if you don't like what people say about your work?
Pretty cool, huh? I can write Schlock, Drek, Absolute Crud and post with impunity!
I can write a beautiful piece of well-crafted prose and if ONE person writes something I don't like about it in response: Never Fear! I can delete it and re-post it like nothing ever happened.
Here's how I know that this works:
I wrote a poem in response to someone else's poem instead of writing a normal response like, "Yeah, man, those rhymes are aawesome".
I didn't write anything in the poem that could have been construed (even by the most sensitive poet) as being mean spirited. Yet, when I went back to see if anyone responded to my response, Golly! It was gone.
So I re-wrote it.
Again...it vanished! What magic is this!?
I saw another poem here, and yikes! I really wanted to comment on the entire thing from content to sentiment. So, once again, I thought I'd try a bit of humorous rhyme to reflect on that piece of sh..ort poemetry.
Lo! And Behold! Again it flashed into the Neitherworld faster than Dante' on a shit sled.
Take care then what you read here. If someone doesn't like a comment on their precious piece, they can disappear it. Honesty is not protected.
If you as a writer can't stomache a valid critique, do not ask for one. If you do not like critique, then you do not wish to be a better writer and your poems are just a kind of verbal masterbation...something the rest of us might not want to see and do not belong in a public forum.
Aside from the fact of all the above, this particular word worker took my poems completely. They exist only in my memory (and the few who got to read them and send nice notes about them...cuz they wuz funny).
So if you see a poem called "Falling Balls" or "My Lover lives in a Cave", they are my babies lost in the wood. If you see raves about some half-handed poetry, be suspicious. Poetic License and free speech are not the same. Only one is protected here.
I will NOT engage in censorship so feel free to loose your critical cannons on anything I write. You can even be mean about it. If you can back up your words, if they are true, then I could care less the language you use.
If you write your criticism in a poemic form, I'll dig it.
Cap