(01-20-2013, 07:59 AM)Yelleryella123 Wrote: I am definitely novice when it comes to poetry. The reason I posted my first poem in the Serious Critique forum as opposed to the Novice forum wasn't because of stature.. it was because I wanted to get to the nitty gritty. An ego being torn down is a beautiful thing if the critique is useful, especially if the ego is snuffing out improvement.were not on about an odd spelling or grammar mistake, or any other problem, in fact that's idea, we all help the poet spot stuff and then give a reason or suggestion on how to make it better. these are the very issues serious poets have time for. what we don't have time for is reading a poem from a poet who has no idea what cliche is. no idea what to do with any information they receive there. no intention of using feedback in a constructive way, even if it's valid. in mild we can still give in depth replies bit in a more general manner and even more so in novice where poets can ask questions and interact in a much more basic level.
I have more understanding for the level of self awareness that needs to be reached before posting - I mean I posted a poem with a spelling error, grammatical issues, etc. These are issues many serious poets don't have time for I'm certain. Thankfully/Luckily a senior member had the patience for my errors, they gave me an honest critique and now I can start from scratch/work on my self awareness and truly work up to posting.
I found this thread useful and I understand the site a bit more now, thank you!
one last point, every critique or piece of feedback given to a poem as mentioned above means a good worthy poet and poem goes unanswered, a poem that could be yours or mine. specially on a large site such as this.