Gone on to new pastures.

George.Wright · Post by **George.Wright** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 3:28 pm

I have left the site for some time ( partisan, stop cheering!!) and gone onto a new site which caters for poet's works. This site encourages poetry as a medium and interaction.
Any of you who are intrested can view my poetry at
http://allpoetry.com/Leeche

Georges

Midnight · Post by **Midnight** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 2:08 pm

Can you not cross post, George. Don't be a stranger.

George.Wright · Post by **George.Wright** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:17 pm

Thanks Midnight for the reply. I keep an intrest here, i think it was unfair to post all my work here, when the main intrest is LC.
Georges

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 9:39 pm

Well, at least your spelling hasn't changed, despite your new pastures, George

. Interest has an "e" between the t and the r

. I have 'rights' to point that out, since I'm not interfering with your inspiration in doing it

. Nice to see you here. However, you realize you've just gone over to the 'other side' with your comment on its being unfair to post your poetry in the Members' poetry section, when the main interest is LC.....right

? Was your previous position, one that you took only to justify your own, heavier use of the Member's Poetry section

? Anyway, stop in and join in here with the LC-related stuff, then

.

~ Lizzy

George.Wright · Post by **George.Wright** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 10:45 am

Liz, my spelling may not have changed but neither has your tongue.
Georges

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 3:51 pm

Oh good ~ Georges.......pardon the 'jaded' view of your disappearing altogether

, based on/in favour of your poetry; ex post facto, and with an about-face rationale, 'justifying' your departure based on LC ~ all of which you bypassed altogether, in favour of your spelling and my 'tongue.'

Did you happen to notice that I said it was nice to see you here, and suggested that you stop in and join in?

George.Wright · Post by **George.Wright** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 4:30 pm

I have just won my second competition at The Allpoetry site with the poem, The Execution..............a link to the site is at the start of this thread
ie my first post

Thanks to all on this site who encouraged my poetry, excessive as some may have thought.

Georges

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 7:06 pm

Excellent, Georges

! Congratulations! Did you choose the graphic coming down the left-hand side? It took me 'forever' to read every comment made by others, but it's great to see you getting all this well-deserved feedback

!

Your poem really is awesome! You drill the images and thoughts into the reader's psyche. I can see sooooo many improvements in your writing. Somewhere there's another spelling error or typo that no one mentioned. It's where the word "too" is followed by the word "to" ~ and I think both are supposed to be spelled "too.' I have to go or I'd go back and check.

However, it's as clear as it's been for a long time that you are compelled to write. I'm glad to see you in a nurturing environment for that. However, it doesn't mean you can't come here, as well

.

~ Lizzy

George.Wright · Post by **George.Wright** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 11:01 am

Liz, thanks for your reply and read of the poem. It caused quite a stir on the site and my style is improving even if my spelling and grammar is not!!!!
Georges

Reality Check · Post by **Reality Check** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 6:15 pm

I bear you no malice at all and maybe it is better to leave you uninformed, George. But here goes -your award winning poem shows a keen enthusiasm by you but almost no skill at all. The rhymes show all the mechanics of a novice. It is a wholly unexceptional piece of verse.

I suggest you post it to alt.arts.poetry.comments newsgroup for a proper critique and proper reviews. The site you chose is so misleading and belonging there is no way to improve your writing.

Please excuse me not using my real name as, believe it or not, I have no intention to be unkind. But nor do I wish you to claim an alibi that there is some personal motivation behind my comments.

I do not know whether you are capable of truly improving your poetry or not. But I am pretty certain that wild overrating of a piece like The Execution is no help to you.

Why don´t you look back at this forum and occasionally, very occasionally, a real piece of poetry is posted. Name those pieces, study them, see the subtlety, learn. Take your time and raise your game...

Young dr. Freud · Post by **Young dr. Freud** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 5:39 am

Hello Helen. Wonderful to see you back.

YDF

George.Wright · Post by **George.Wright** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 3:25 pm

Dear Reality Check or I suspect, Partisan, thanks for reading my poem, for which I won a contest. The novice is your phrase, perhaps you should look at yourself and your inability to criticise, except from behind a mask. Perhaps we should call you The Lone Stranger, apologies to LC.
We are all on a learning curve, Reality Check. Perhaps you are on the pinnacle and need to learn no more. Then i suggest you get off your soap box (Please do not remove the rope) and hang your head in shame. It's pointless saying much more to a faceless coward.
Adieu.
Georges

Reality Check · Post by **Reality Check** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 9:10 pm

eeek! that was the worst possible response from you, Georges. How much time did you spend thinking about my view that the allpoetry site is unhelpful as it consists of mediocre writers overpraising other mediocre writers. Have you considered posting your work to the newsgroup I suggested or is there a particular reason why you choose not to?

I repeat, whether you believe it or not, that there is no personal motivation at all behind my criticism of your poem. I read it as a novice piece of writing, really no more than that.

whether I choose to use my real name or not will, sadly perhaps for you, not improve the piece one wee bit.

I am doing you a favour which allpoetry never will. Look at my name, set your Ego aside, and decide to take a lot more time to learn about poetry before you post again.

LaurieAK · Post by **LaurieAK** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 9:41 pm

Reality Check~

Can you be more specific about where the group you mentioned is located?

While not making a comment about Georges poetry, i checked out the site he endorsed and found it to be as you stated, a sort of mutual admiration society. Warm and fuzzy, but not very helpful for my taste.

There is that olde adage, "to each his own." What 'works' for some is not right for others.

Another addage? Okay my fave, Dorothy Parker i believe:

"Define 'horticulture."

answer: "You can lead a whore to culture, but you cannot make her think"

Anyways, I am interested in finding a more critical forum for poetry...if you could post the directions, I'd like to check out what you referred to.

Thanks, Laurie

Reality Check · Post by **Reality Check** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 10:49 pm

Laurie, it is a newsgroup called alt.arts.poetry.comments. it is has alot of trolling spoiling it but there are genuine writers there who will seriously crit any new writer.