01-03-2013, 07:36 PM
Serious critique is for serious critique. Fairly self explanatory. It isn't for us to rewrite poems for people who have no intention of workshopping. It takes a lot of time and effort. Nobody should expect anyone else to do a close reading of their poem and then give nothing but praise in return. Nor is serious critique a licence to rip the crap out of people. If you post in serious critique, expect to get what it says on the tin. We are not teaching a course here, we are poets reading poems and sharing knowledge, for free, on the Internet.
It could be worse