Are you in the right forum?

[milo]

It can be especially overwhelming for a novice or indeed a newcomer of any level who has come from Another Place and is unused to critique.  It's important to be honest, but just drop a couple of hints in Novice and if the OP would like more, then they're always welcome to request that the poem be moved to Serious Workshopping.  

Also, don't do speed.

As Todd puts so eloquently - sometimes it is more about triage - no sense suggesting plastic surgery to a patient with a burst femoral artery.