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RE: How To Critique Poetry - A Simple Structure
This is a really great comprehensive explanation of good poetry critique @geekorner, so much so that I have bookmarked it for reference. I've been neglecting writing poetry recently and this is something that needs to change, sooner rather than later. Thanks for sharing this article m8, it's exactly the resource I need to help me chip away the rust and polish my poetry back up to a lustrous shine... hopefully 😉
More poetry Raj! I have noticed you've gone more for fiction as of late. It's fine, I hadn't written poetry between 2009 and 2018, and this month I only wrote like two poems, though I do want to change it as well.
So, aside from writing poetry, can I trust I'll also be seeing poetry critique coming out of you? Because this piece won't chip away the rust, it just gives you tools to give critique to others, which might do the trick ;-)
Yeah, I'll try to critique more... But to be honest I stopped submitting to curie + mentoring in the discord community I was working at, mainly poetry critique, because of pressure and stress plunging me into depression again. At the moment it's like I'm trying to breath again, hoping that I can burrow out of this hole. Once I'm out I will try and critique more as you are quite right, it's the process that teaches, from all sides. Critiquing + being critiqued. It resonates with me what you said about it not always being a case of just accepting advice, this is how I have always seen the workshop process over the years. It's a great way to gain a different perspective and separation, emotionally, from a poem. Often, the areas for improvement leap out with that separation.
Oh man, I know that all too well.
Don't pressure yourself. And feel free to chat me up on Discord. My virtual door is always open <3