Workshop question

[Leanne]

"A poem is never finished, and can nearly always be improved upon."

Perzackly. What a wise quote

One thing I know for sure is that I am not a very good judge of my own work.

Very few people are. That's why workshops are invaluable. We're not here to write your poem for you, but rather we're a little bit like a test audience at an advance screening, plus the market research team that collects all the data and presents it to you in a nice neat report (but we're cheaper).

I have lots of worthless poems in my archives, I have suggested on occasion that I throw them away - but advise I've received is 'keep them' at least it shows (hopefully) how far I have travelled since I wrote them. And what if they aren't as bad as I think they are?...'I am not a very good judge of my own work'

You never know. Even your old "bad" poems may have a kernel of value. Sometimes an idea isn't really ready to be fully written when you first pick up the pen -- it might need a further catalyst to bring it to fruition, but if you throw away the ingredients you're well and truly buggered