08-26-2016, 02:10 AM
I did not mean to insinuate anyone was a money grubber.
Still, I do not believe having an audience (more accurately a consumer) in mind in any way improves a poem? So what is the benefit? The goal needs to be to produce a better poem. Then, if you post it on your blog or submit to a journal or (and this is a best case scenario) post it here, if it is great your audience will find it. This brings me right round circle to my original point about knowing your audience being worthless and, perhaps even counterproductive. Certainly poor advice for a poet.
Still, I do not believe having an audience (more accurately a consumer) in mind in any way improves a poem? So what is the benefit? The goal needs to be to produce a better poem. Then, if you post it on your blog or submit to a journal or (and this is a best case scenario) post it here, if it is great your audience will find it. This brings me right round circle to my original point about knowing your audience being worthless and, perhaps even counterproductive. Certainly poor advice for a poet.