crap feedback

[Leanne]

I got to admit sometimes feedback is hard to offer on some pieces. Especially since I dont understand Villanelles or iambic meter that well.

Not understanding form is ok -- giving feedback and sometimes being corrected is a good way to learn too But even if you don't know the form, there are other things to comment on. A poem that relies only on its form is a pretty poor poem. (And that's a perfectly acceptable thing to say to someone)

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The problem with crap feedback is an eternal one -- a bigger problem that I've noticed recently is people being completely incapable of accepting that they're not perfect.

You don't say thank you for the praise and fuck you to everyone who doesn't fawn. Criticism, positive or negative, is a gift.

And you definitely don't impress anyone by trying to claim to be so much better than the people who are doing you a favour by reading your poems and offering their opinion. Grow the fuck up.