[Shaun J. Russell]

Excellent post, Maryann.

Elise: where is the argument? I haven't seen one yet, nor have I seen any anger. This has become a circular thread of 40+ posts...about half of which say the same thing.

I think you're making too many assumptions about the people posting. As has been mentioned several times already, different poets are going to use a workshop differently. There's no "one way," and beyond some basic guidelines, how a critique is given and received is totally up to the individual critics and poets. And I think Maryann is right to point out the idea of "teacher." It might be better to think of poets and critics as "colleagues" instead, since the roles of poet and critic are constantly cycled. And some people are just going to post a poem and not respond to comments. It can be annoying sometimes, but that's just life. Some have better "etiquette," as you put it, than others, and no amount of Emily Posting will change that.