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[Franklin'sMan]

Hello back at you, Franklin'sMan. Critiquing and posting poems was in fact the best way to introduce yourself. IME the site works best not for movers and shakers but for people who want to improve their own work and help others do the same, so we may be just the site for you.

Dig in, have fun, welcome to the pigpen.

Thanks for the welcome Ella. Critique is hard work -- I'm spending my poetry energy on these April challanges, but would like to offer some thoughts in the critique forums when April is over. We'll see what kinds of things I post for criticism.

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It started off as a way to not lose my mind.

This is the single best reason (and motivator) to write poetry.
Try never to lose this.

romanticize my mundane self at night as I drift off to sleep.

Good start; but to become a real poet, you need to make it a 24 hour thing (no, not sleep, it's the other one).

and like to think myself part of the art scene,

As long as you don't go around dressed in black.

Anyway, I don't think I'll be a mover-and-a-shaker here, but it's nice that this place exists; I hope to add something worth while.

Don't worry about the "mover-and-a-shaker" thing; we're pretty much all losers.

And yes, it IS nice that this place exists... for me, it's better than nice.
Hope it turns out that way for you,
Ray

Ray, you made me laugh and smile. And when I looked to see what I was wearing, I cried... until I realized that my socks were white. Then I offered a little pray of thanks.

I'll try not to become happy. I enjoy writing poetry too much. Luckily, I'm prone to unrequited love. I'll also do my best to imagine a dramatic life.

Thanks for the welcome.