lizzytysh wrote:Snow ~
Compared to your intrigueing options, the real reason is just so bland. I feel that
most of his suggestions really would improve the poems, but sometimes, I really like the original word choices, lines, or whatever better ~ particularly when the poet explains their reasoning. [Ho-hum
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~ Lizzy
yes, I was thinking about that subject after you mentioned you liked the cigarette ash thingy, and at first I thought "she must be joking!" but soon accepted that was just a matter of taste and there is no principle involved nor any poetry technical point.
I quite enjoy Geoffers' writing, even if it falls a long way short of his own valuation. "sporadic surfacing of a subconscious desire"- rhythm and clever repetition of "s" and "d". He has a fine feel for language.
Where he fails is in the gratuitous insults he offers other posters. My crits. are on the merits as I see them. The style may be a little harsh sometimes for this forum because although it is a poetry forum by name it is more a meeting place for LC fans who like poetry. The style of my crits. is standard for real poetry forums and by no means harsh.
However, whereas I normally thank someone for posting and select for mention (if humanly possible) lines I like, I dislike the sort of comment Snow wrote about another poster "Hungry Zoltan, that ghoulash-eating butcher of the English language".
That was an example of Geoffer's ego being unable to overcome a compulsion to show off, and at the expense of Zoltan.
And he spelt "goulash" incorrectly, so poor poor show all round.
