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[milo]

I think it is fine to agree to disagree. I enjoy a good cliche, if executed properly. It's just a matter of taste, and perhaps my taste is poor (after all, I love John Waters films). I don't believe cliches necessarily "kill" poems; depending on execution, it can enhance or "cheapen" (as Billy put it) a poem. But, hey; that's just me. I'm no professor lol

It is not a matter of taste, you just haven't learned why cliches are wrong in poetry yet, if you study long enough you may learn. Either way, the place to discuss this is in the Discussion forum, /not/ in the thread of one of the critical forums. All posts in the critical forums should refer to the poem in some way.

And, just to lead by example, I would lke to point out the the linebreaks here don't work. A line should always break on a word of emphasis or importance, preferably a noun or verb, as the last word in a line always carries extra emphasis. A perfect line break will refer back to your central metaphor. Words like "of" don't do this.