hi guys, yes i'm saying hi to you 
we have lots of new people in the forum and that's a great thing.
but we have a problem. i'm getting a feeling that everyone who posts in the critique forum aren't posting in the right part of the forum that is commensurate with their writing skills.
it very hard to read a poem in their and point out 15 lines of cliche in a 20 line poem. it's hard to point out in a line by line what doesn't work without hurting a poets feelings when very little works. doing so is time consuming for the person giving feedback and unfair to those who are actually posting in a relevant forum on the site.
there is no shame in posting in the novice section. this part of the forum is a place to learn the basics of poetry, we won't make you great poets but here we can help you know how to use and not to use cliche, we can help you to show, not tell, what an image is and why you need them. this is where you need to start out if your poems a cliche heavy and filled with excessive wordage. (baggage)
the mild critique forum is the place many of you might be better off posting in, here you'll still get feedback on the body of your poem but you won't be overloaded with constructive feedback that is all negative.
as of to day if i see a post in serious that is cliche heavy etc, i will be honest and say so. if a poem has too many problems with it i will be honest and say so.
this is a discussion so feel free to discuss.
we have lots of new people in the forum and that's a great thing.
but we have a problem. i'm getting a feeling that everyone who posts in the critique forum aren't posting in the right part of the forum that is commensurate with their writing skills.
it very hard to read a poem in their and point out 15 lines of cliche in a 20 line poem. it's hard to point out in a line by line what doesn't work without hurting a poets feelings when very little works. doing so is time consuming for the person giving feedback and unfair to those who are actually posting in a relevant forum on the site.
there is no shame in posting in the novice section. this part of the forum is a place to learn the basics of poetry, we won't make you great poets but here we can help you know how to use and not to use cliche, we can help you to show, not tell, what an image is and why you need them. this is where you need to start out if your poems a cliche heavy and filled with excessive wordage. (baggage)
the mild critique forum is the place many of you might be better off posting in, here you'll still get feedback on the body of your poem but you won't be overloaded with constructive feedback that is all negative.
as of to day if i see a post in serious that is cliche heavy etc, i will be honest and say so. if a poem has too many problems with it i will be honest and say so.
this is a discussion so feel free to discuss.