[Chris O'Carroll]

Originally Posted by Nick McRae

Those who've appreciated my work the most were universally other poets, while those who weren't poets didn't really know how to read into my writing or give weak areas the benefit of the doubt. For the poets, some of my pieces were life changing, for the non-poets, some of it was too unfamiliar and foreign. Outside of their comfort zone.

My involvement with poetry has taught me that it's almost never a good idea to boast that people find my work life changing. Some of what you've posted here feels an awful lot like a grievance in search of a literary theory.