01-28-2015, 08:46 AM
I suppose, and bearing in mind what Leanne said about the business of it all (which seems like a fucking nightmare and grounds for a yes vote if nothing else), my only reservation about getting rid of the newly registered forum is, what does it matter in the grand scheme of things? I mean, someone dumps a poem, they might be great and live a long productive life at the PP (could be another Dylan Thomas that died of alcoholism before having the chance to critique anything), they may not and fuck off. It is like a vanity loop for poetry itself. "Did I just spend an hour writing a critique for some fuckwit that won't give anyone else feedback, will just come here, reap the spoils of my 'wisdom' and be gone? Ah well, there's a new Adam Curtis documentary about how Italian food and the decimal system invented the second world war. I'll watch that and probably forget about Ms twat poet in 5 minutes." My point is, why should this vote concern anyone who doesn't have to deal with the business of it all? One would surely vote yes get rid of it if we all had to comment, crit, remove, admin, these dickheads. But we don't. A post appears, we read the poem, it is good, shit, whatever. We write feedback, we don't... so what? either way. The newly registered forum is like a wall that shit is thrown at, most of it drops off, but some sticks, and sticks around.
But that is only my reservation, other than that, fuck 'em. If five pieces of feedback is too much, then poetry is obviously not their goal. When I first registered I posted one poem in Serious. I was lucky, I suppose, that there were no requirements, I got some good feedback, I posted some feedback after that (oh the arrogance). I love poetry. I love words, and what they can do. And if you can only love your own words, this site is not for you.
"Go on thinking that you don't need to be read and you'll find that it may become quite true: no one will feel the need to read it because it is written for yourself alone; and the public won't feel any impulse to gate crash such a private party."
—Dylan Thomas
But that is only my reservation, other than that, fuck 'em. If five pieces of feedback is too much, then poetry is obviously not their goal. When I first registered I posted one poem in Serious. I was lucky, I suppose, that there were no requirements, I got some good feedback, I posted some feedback after that (oh the arrogance). I love poetry. I love words, and what they can do. And if you can only love your own words, this site is not for you.
"Go on thinking that you don't need to be read and you'll find that it may become quite true: no one will feel the need to read it because it is written for yourself alone; and the public won't feel any impulse to gate crash such a private party."
—Dylan Thomas