How do you determine a good read?

How do you personally determine whether or not a poem is "good", or an enjoyable read? Which aspects do you find appealing? And which do you dislike?

Just wondering :]

-Rolo

Well if ur referring to ur own poem e.i. after youv finished writing it, i think if it carries the message or gives the impression that you where aiming for then it has been 'successful' in that respect.
i personally sometimes like to structure my poems a certain way so if iv also been able to keep within the boundries iv set then i also feel i have succeeded.

on the other hand if you mean reading some1 elses poem similarly if you feel u undersand wht the poet was trying to convey then u can say its 'successful'. i like rhyming poems the most so if the flow and wording is good then i enjoy them.

i like poems with good imagery and that i can relate to or even 1ns that can cheer me up or mean something to me aswell. its hard to dislike poerty as such but i woudnt like 1 which carries a bad message really.

If it has any impact om my emotions...like touches me or inspires me ect ect

i personally like poems that have a point to make. almost like an argument or plight.

I am in agreement....I was thinking more along the lines of a poem you are reading. I tend to look for meaning...I don't really care how it is expressed, as long as I can find it.

Often it is the imagery created. If it makes me feel happy, because of the word choice or the images flowing throughout then that is normally a good read for me.

It's hard to describe really :S

I usually think poems are good, to be honest. But, when I think a poem is great/excellent then it's got to be a really, really, really good poem. A lot of things spark my interest to make a poem good. Emotionally, grammatically, all of that stuff. I think that I repeat myself a lot of times in comments because I look for the same things. Good imagery, good emotion, good flow, and good editing/revising.

When a poem is great/excellent it's all of these plus that oomph. What oomph really is? I don't know, it just means that the connection from me to the poem is huge and I love it for some reason.

Rhythm, flow and meaning!!!
xo

Something that makes me live the feeling, think, wonder or just feel good about myself...
Aspects appealing in a poem for me are the tittle (very important) if it catches my eye than I'm sure to read it. Details or moving from one emotion or topic to another by a connection not usually put in. New things, phrases and ways of writing and the length, it doesn't bother me when I'm in the mood to read something but when I want something simple I like it short, but not too short like three lines except in some cases ( mostly the choice of words) make me read and comment it. The other thing I don't like is too much spacing or too little spacing, I can't concentrate that way.

For me I like to relate to the poem. And the writer has to have really feeling and emotion. You can always tell when the feelings are made up. And sometimes a writer can ruin a poem by forcing rhymes and throws it off. That is mostly what makes a good read

I like poems that flow well, i think it makes it more easier and enjoyable to read if it has a good flow. also subjects that are moving and powerful reach out to me and think if they are written well it makes an excellent poem. x

Mostly metaphors, similes and flow.

I like poems where thewriter carries you away into hes mind. where you can see and feel what he is writing about. i like unusually structured poems where the poets written the poem around how he feels not simply made how he feels conform to the poem.

You can tell it was a good read if after reading it,

you just sit there in silence for another 10-20 seconds thinking to yourself about what had just happened.

(a poem is only a success if somebody can understand it.)

I think a good read is a poem that's worth remebering, something that I'd want to look back on from time to time. I personally don't like poems that are just rant poems (you know the ones that name names and sound like the writer is talking to another person).

I click into the poem, and the first thing i look at is its length, how long each line is, and any little notes attached to the bottom of it.

When i see a long poem, i read the first 2 stanza's and if i feel like it has captured me, then i continue reading, if not, i stop.

When i see a poem that is just one long passage, i generally dont read it because i like structure.

Poems with a rhyme do add to the affect, however it doenst really matter.

A good read for me is when i read something unexpected and it kind of makes me go "WOW THATS COOL" or just leaving me speechless for a few seconds like "WOW......"
I like reading poems that are kinda like a story, because it has a beginning middle and end, and its easy to see that.

Majority of the poems i have read here and good reads, they each have something good about them!

It has to make me think.

It doesn't matter how long it is, if it rhymes, or if I agree with it. If I find myself thinking about that poem later (whether thoughts are good or bad) then to me it is a good poem. It motivated me enough to give it a second thought.

Does that make any sence to anybody else?

Anything that makes me think and feel. Something different than I've experienced before. I detest cliches and a lot of poems on this site are riddled with them unfortunately. But enough aren't! So I stay interested.