Where do the newbs go?

[Lizzie]

They post once and never again. It's like critiquing the work of the deceased. Perhaps educational for the living?

[ellajam]

Meh, it's the internet, you should have seen the hit-and-runs before the three critique entry fee.

It's impossible to tell who will stick, it's the way of the pen to give, the return comes even if it's not from those we've given to.

I don't worry about it.

[Magpie]

If I don't like them then I release the hounds.

It's what I'm paid to do. 

[ellajam]

Damn, maybe I should have wondered what happened to them. Oh, well, job well done.

[Lizzie]

If I don't like them then I release the hounds.

It's what I'm paid to do. 

Yeah, I think of you as one of the middle managers here. You're not that scary though, sorry

[Magpie]

If I don't like them then I release the hounds.

It's what I'm paid to do. 

Yeah, I think of you as one of the middle managers here. You're not that scary though, sorry

How dare you...

I'm gonna change my name to Lizzard 

[QDeathstar]

Some people write a poem on a whim then forget it and never return again.

[Lizzie]

If I don't like them then I release the hounds.

It's what I'm paid to do. 

Yeah, I think of you as one of the middle managers here. You're not that scary though, sorry

How dare you...

I'm gonna change my name to Lizzard 

But, then you have to promise to be my slave, come when I call and effervescently compliment me on all my work.

[QDeathstar]

Why do you want to own slaves for? Seems highly immoral.

[Magpie]

But, then you have to promise to be my slave, come when I call and effervescently compliment me on all my work.

Hmmm... The Olympics starts on Friday though. 

Olympics first, slavery second. Sorry it's just the way that I was brought up. 

[Lizzie]

But, then you have to promise to be my slave, come when I call and effervescently compliment me on all my work.

Hmmm... The Olympics starts on Friday though. 

Olympics first, slavery second. Sorry it's just the way that I was brought up. 

See, that's just not slave talk, Ambrose. Maybe you should start considering other opportunities for indenturedness.

[billy]

some people just like to populate every site on the net with their poetry, it's often that great that they just have to get it out there.

[milo]

^

[Lizzie]

some people just like to populate every site on the net with their poetry, it's often that great that they just have to get it out there.

Yeah, I can see that. I just don't understand not wanting to come back and at least look at the comments. Why just post and leave something? It's a community -- if you don't want to talk poetry, why come here. Just send it out to sea in a bottle, if you just want to get it out there.

Whatever, to each their own. I just hate seeing everyone waste their time commenting on threads that have obviously been abandoned.

[billy]

not being bothered what people think of one's work is all part of the poetry narcissistic nature.

[Achebe]

some people just like to populate every site on the net with their poetry, it's often that great that they just have to get it out there.

Yeah, I can see that. I just don't understand not wanting to come back and at least look at the comments. Why just post and leave something? It's a community -- if you don't want to talk poetry, why come here. Just send it out to sea in a bottle, if you just want to get it out there.

Whatever, to each their own. I just hate seeing everyone waste their time commenting on threads that have obviously been abandoned.

On the other hand, nothing's nobler than a wasted pursuit. I made that up. But the great mathematician GH Hardy thought that the best mathematics was pointless mathematics. He was greatly distressed that his wok was being used to build better blast furnaces. The best crit is the crit that is never read, and weddings are bliss for those who've never wed.

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some people just like to populate every site on the net with their poetry, it's often that great that they just have to get it out there.

Yeah, I can see that. I just don't understand not wanting to come back and at least look at the comments.
...

What makes you think they don't come back and look at the comments?
I think they come back, read the comments, and run away in a state of shock.

Because they've realized how wretched their poetry really is?
No, they're in shock to find so many people with bad taste.

[ellajam]

^^^