Criticism for Poems

I hardly come across Criticism in this site. Whenever I write something pointing to improvements, the authors just scream at me.

So I started a Thread of those who wanted Criticism on their titles in "Requests for Read/Comments", which got a pretty good response but I got inputs saying that it was not the proper discussion board to host such a thread.

I really do like someone pointing out my mistakes exactly and I think I am pretty good at commenting on other poems. I basically go through the relativeness of Title to concept, the impact of the vison and imagination, expression of feelings, vocabulary, mood, flow and rhyming, flow as relative to pronounciation and structure of a poem. I also brief through the author's profile and some of his realted works, if I can find any easily; and I comment to the point.

Can anyone guide me reagrding this topic? Is there a seaprate forum or a board for criticism? IF not which would be the ideal board to host a Criticism therad?

Well...., Thanks Bob Shanks.

I have posted another thread in the "Request for Read/Comments". Lets see how it goes.

Yeah.. and maybe we will be dead by EOD!

I would love for someone to rip my poems apart. I feel that is the only way I can improve. However, like you both said, most can't handle the truth.

I have had people ask me to comment on their poetry and have been hurt when I have been honest about the structure or flow of the write. I would never presume to judge their emotion or feelings on a particular piece, but if you don't want to know, don't ask. Or take it in the meaning it was intended and not personally.

Maybe, I'm being too harsh. I may be dead by EOD, too.

Happiness
Jeannie

Twisted Heart,

Nice to meet a like minded fellow poet. Would you please care to rip my poems apart?? The titles I prefer would be "My Languid Loneliness" and "Victim" to beign with.

I will rip some of your titles apart, if you have particular titles leave it for me here or PM me.

And I would also like to share that I started another thread for Critism "Who wants Criticism?" in the "Request for Read/Comments" once more and had a startling response. Maybe others who are interested can start their threads there. Despite all that anger and immaturity I found quite a number of people who appreciated honest comments.

And I must say that I am richer by the experience.

please dont mind, but i think you are just looking for some attention, i hope you dont mind

When I was getting popular and widely published in the literary zines in the early-mid 90's-all I received was positive comments(mostly generic).It got to the point where I specifically requested to get feedback from readers on what they didn't like about my poems, what didn't work for them.Also it helped that I served as editor for my own publication and had to criticize others work.So I have been on both sides.Good comments are great for the ego, but truly constructive criticism is even better-as long as the poet can take it.I found some comments useful and some pure bunk.Just a matter of seperating the two.It comes down to your belief in the poem.No words are written in stone, but also don't change it just to please someone else.It is ultimatetley up to you as the writer to determine what criticism is useful and what is not.

Peace, Poetry & Power,

Gary Jurechka

Words of Experience. I bow to you.

Gary Jurechka

Hm Goran.....,

Maybe yeah... now that you have made me think, probably attention is a part why I want to do this. Yess .

I will do it as long as I like to do it.

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