Janice,
Though workshopping one's own poems is a learning experience
You didn't really say that. You didn't!
Edited back. In fairness I agree with the sentiment that followed the above quote. I've learned more about poetry in the process of critting the poems of others than in any other experience on Eratosphere.
I do think that there is a general tendency to overvalue prolixity when critting. A single incisive sentence can be the most useful kind of crit. We are here to think about language and the dignity of words. When a thoughtful critic responds with brevity it often means that they have organised their thoughts and have no need of half a page.
Deserved praise is serious comment. Frivolous is in the eye of the beholder.
Last edited by Janet Kenny; 05-06-2009 at 07:37 PM.
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