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RE: On Jumping In With Both Feet (And Why I Didn't)

in #michellegent • 8 years ago

Nice post. Very interesting and informative.
Criticism of one's work, both good and bad, is part of the learning process. Conventional poetry publishing hides you from the reader experience. As poetry is a form of literature that requires a significant degree of effort and thought from the reader, few casual readers are able to cope with it.

I also note that poetry accompanied by a pretty picture gets significantly more votes, about 60% more actually. Furthermore, they get more votes than views, which suggests that many people are willing to vote for a poem without even reading it.

So I suggest you start publishing your poems, and worry very little over negative comments.
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     8 years ago 

    Thank you. You seem to be familiar with poetry. (It's one of my great loves.) I write a lot of "classical form" poetry, which I realize isn't really "in vogue" anymore - but it's what I was brought up on and educated in. I'll take your advice about pictures to heart ... although I'm not sure about people voting for a poem without even reading it? Ahhh, no room for ego in writing, is there? lol.