Sight Jammed

[ellajam]

It's a poem. It has a form. It's called prose. The most common form of english in the world. If you aren't comfortable with prose, if you can't read prose, if you can't critique prose, then don't. Don't force a piece to be what it isn't.

Suggesting that a change of format might make a piece more effective, or that the form chosen, in the critic's view, does not aid the poem, is a valid point of critique. While we would hope that all critiques are at least considered it is surely the poet's choice to ignore, use or reject them.

Just as the posters of poems you yourself critiqued should be grateful for the time you took to read and comment whether or not they agree with what you have to say, there's really no need to critique the critique. It makes members less likely to comment and the mutual goal here is to get input on our work in the hope of improving.

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The posts that followed this have been split off here to the appropriate forum for further discussion if and when the OP returns. Please continue this thread in the spirit of the Novice forum, helpful and civil. thanks, ella