Not to beat it to death (well, ok, maybe to beat it to death), but I'm still not convinced. My confusion was regarding some of the specific phrasing, and your explanation (which didn't help and which I didn't need) didn't talk at all about your intent with most of those weird phrases. I have the sa...

One could say of, '(my) rather weak and vague manner,' that 'it means whatever you want it to mean,'. haha, touche. :wink: :) I'm in a calm mood this afternoon, having attended and taken part in a short Service within the Chapel Room of my local hospital. Peace is precious. Giving is extremely rewa...

Manna wrote:Huck,
I think your point that I need to do better at trusting the author is a valid point.

it's down to your discretion, i suppose.

Byron wrote:One could say of, '(my) rather weak and vague manner,' that 'it means whatever you want it to mean,'.

haha, touche.

Byron, Welcome to the Internet! It's Fun, But a Minefield of Minor Errors! you could at least quote this "poor use of English", rather than ignore almost all the points of my post and criticise my informal writing in a rather weak and vague manner. p.s. who says this is a serious critique?...

Byron, the poems you've posted are generally nice and inoffensive. your vocabulary is strong and i feel your love of language really shows through. one quibble i have is that your punctuation is inconsistent, and doesn't seem to follow any rule within the poem. perhaps i haven't considered your tech...

oh and thank you blonde madonna! i'm pleased and find it interesting that a teacher saw some truth in my poem. that final stanza in particular i am happy with; a friend the same age as me read the poem, quoted those lines back to me, and said he wished he could have expressed it that way himself. i ...

i suppose what i am trying to say - though i am loathe to have to spell it out - is that it's all very well being nostalgic about the past, and seeking a reminder of it in the young around you, but we must not be too precious about our youth; it's been, it's gone, so be it. the "centre" of...

mat, you too miss the point. I know how you feel about Lauries comments. He had a shot at one of my poems awhile ago. I got defensive. My mistake. was it your mistake? why? who is to say whose opinion has authority? i find your comment a little sad. It is no point trying to justify your work. i real...

thanks Byron. i'll read these and get back to you. kokenpere, you miss the point. nobody has proved the failure of the poem; they have only expressed a conflict with their personal taste, and even admitted to not understanding. i cannot be expected to listen to criticism if i genuinely feel it is fa...

cool, thanks man. i'll check em out. presumably i just do a search yeah? i'll give it a go.

cheers,
huck

I'd like to take back the part where I second what Laurie said. I don't think it was very nice of me. I stand by everything else I said. Not understanding a poem is not always the fault of the reader. I am intelligent. I tend undermine my interpretations of poetry because lit is not my field, but I...

Actually Huck, its come to the point where I feel sorry for your poetry, and dislike you. toodles, Laurie ha, well, the truth will out... the fact is your critique amounts to "i don't like this", and that's why i can't take your feedback seriously, or to heart. i have ears, but also convi...

aha! i got the wrong end of the stick and looked for him here. heh. :oops: why not try detaching your ego from your opinion? you are not trying to do me a favour; if you are, your tone is completely wrong. of course i have had criticisms before, and where i have found the comments and suggestions to...

p.s. ha, i can't find him... is Kooser the full screenname?

cheers,
Huck