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[billy]

just read some of your feedback and and glad to say i'm glad you're here
thanks and welcome to the site.

Hello fellow poets, I'm azure, and I write/read poetry as a way to express and evolve.. Looking forward to reading everyone's work.

[azure]

Thanks for the welcomes. I'm new to critiquing, never done so before. I was a member on a few dying poetry forums, where every one just fluffed you up and patted your back. I decided I wanted to improve my writing, push myself to develop my artistic expression. I'll admit I do far more reading than writing. Reading has always been my first love. Anyway, love this site and glad to be here.

[Leanne]

Fluff and backpatting gives us hives. Credit where it's due, always, but we're never going to be impressed by the "oh wow I love your poem now please love mine" crowd. It's great to have you here.

[rayheinrich]

... I'll admit I do far more reading than writing. Reading has always been my first love. ...

What planet are you from? Oh, never mind, please invade us as much as you want.
(And welcome.)

"Writers write, good writers read; great writers read what's written."
- Oedipa Maas

[azure]

... I'll admit I do far more reading than writing. Reading has always been my first love. ...

What planet are you from? Oh, never mind, please invade us as much as you want.
(And welcome.)

"Writers write, good writers read; great writers read what's written."
- Oedipa Maas

True quote, and thank you.

[cjchaffin]

welcome, one and all.

watch out for Ray and his pesky hypnotoad 

[rayheinrich]

welcome, one and all.

watch out for Ray and his pesky hypnotoad 

My toad is not intrinsically evil. Chris just has the sort of mind
that is susceptible to squat, rough-skinned, tailless amphibians:



As well as ones with tales:

Three toads hopped into a bar.
The bartender looked up and told the first toad:
"You're in the wrong joke."
The first toad looked back at him and said:
"Oh, sorry, we thought we were in a bar."
The bartender shook his head:
"What is it with you epistemological externalists anyway?

[ellajam]

Hi all, I've just joined. I started writing rhymes for my own amusement when I retired a few years ago, nothing particularly poetic, just observations and rhyming stories. Not sure about this critiqueing lark, who am I to comment? ... I'll give it a go though.

Hi, Rob. Who are you to comment? A reader . There are tips for critiquing in the important threads of Newly Registered and Novice, just do some reading on the site and you'll get the hang of it.

There's also a link on the home page to Colin Ward's Poetry Tips, a fun and informative read.

Welcome, hope you enjoy the site.

[ellajam]

I wouldn't know an Iambic Pentameter (is that about 15 feet) from a Doric Column.

What's this 'Warning Level' thingy all about under my Avatar?

Ha, that's me a year ago. if you're interested in learning the Poetry Practice threads have great explanations.

Warnings are given for rule infractions, usually for dumping your own poems without giving critique to others or continuous posting of one-liners in the workshops. It's pretty much three strikes and you're out, but that's rare. Most people that don't like the format of the site disappear on their own.

[ellajam]

OK, I've posted a comment in the 'Novice' section and wanted to post one of my own, I couldn't find an option to create a new topic, am I going blind?

You need five thoughtful critiques in the workshops to become a full member and be able to post your own work there. Keep at it.

Anyone can post in Newly Registered, though my advice is to do the work and post in the workshops. Your choice.

[Christoph2]

Hello Friends.
I am completely new to this world so my critiques are of course only based on my experiences (None being poetry)
I'm from Canada and its cold.
Please be brutally honest with me.
Chris
Oh, have I mentioned I enjoy staying up quite late? My posts will mostly be past 12AM I'm guessing

[Leanne]

Hi and welcome, Chris -- we won't notice what time you're posting most of the time, since we're all over the world. You posted an hour ago and it's now 6pm for me

[billy]

hi chris and welcome.

times not a problem really. sometimes we have a lot in sometimes just 1

[Christoph3]

^^^ Chris back

For some reason my account got deleted and one of my posts was removed. Could someone please give me an explanation why it was removed without warning? Christoph2 was the account I just posted with lastnight. Hoping this can be figured out as I'd like to post on the forums. I know nothing offensive was said.

Chris

[billy]

if a post was removed by a mod, it was probably because it was a one liner that in no way helped the poet. we expect more than one liners. the rule we sent you and every other member on joining the site explains everything. warnings don't seem to work so we don't always give them.
glad you took the time to rejoin

[paulcanuck]

Hi everyone
I'm a singer/songwriter from Canada.
Some of my lyrics will never be songs - my wife tells me it's poetry - so thought I would find out if anyone agrees with that here!
Looking forward to reading others' work - from what I've seen the quality is super!
Paul

[azure]

Hi everyone
I'm a singer/songwriter from Canada.
Some of my lyrics will never be songs - my wife tells me it's poetry - so thought I would find out if anyone agrees with that here!
Looking forward to reading others' work - from what I've seen the quality is super!
Paul

Welcome. Beguile us with the dewy lyrics of poetic providence, please! Be prepared to utilize the editorial scalpel of torturous refinement on your poetry... Hope you like this site as much as I do.

[just mercedes]

Welcome Paul - I misread your name, thought 'cool, Palahniuk!' oh well, I'm sure you'll be just as disgusting, given time.

[Ribo]

Hi folks,

I'm an Internet Architect by trade but I use travel and fiction writing to save my soul from a life in geek-hell. The travel writing just came out of doing it for fun and work with lots of time on my hands and plenty of tales of humanity puffing it's chest.

I've recently started dabbling in some poetry, most of which came out of my fiction writing as certain characters and situations called for it, but there are pieces that just didn't make the final cut.

Folks seem to like it so I figured I'd try and get some impartial feedback.

I'm liking what I've read here already - y'all seem like a nice bunch so I hope you don't slaughter me too much. I'm certainly not about traditional form or sticking rigidly to any defined metre

Rich./

[ellajam]

Welcome, Rich, thanks for the thoughtful critiques you've given others. Don't worry about slaughter, if it occurs it would be the poem, not you.