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A_S wrote:It's interesting to me that you don't read a ton of poetry, Phantas. I guess I would have expected that you would have since you seem to like to write it and really care about writing quality poems. So you prefer to learn by writing yourself, rather than looking at how the "greats" have done it?
About vagueness. Any tips on keeping things a little vague but not so much that when you yourself can't tell what the poem is about when you look back on it? That has happened to me a few times. I had no idea what I had been trying to write about!
A_S wrote:Yes, Garbo, I have noticed that a lot of your poems do have literary references in them, or totally revolve around literary works. I think that's really cool, since I tend to prefer that sort of stuff myself and if you look at classic works or mythology you find such a rich body of work in which there seems to be a perfect reference for every situation. And it ties in really well with your studies/career goals, doesn't it. Quite cool.
About constructive feedback, I think that you are right about offering it only when it's requested, and yeah, I should have mentioned that in my response. As for scholars being the best for giving feedback, perhaps, but, you know, they're in short supply and responses from average people can also be useful, especially since average people make up a typical audience for poetry.
My main point is that it might not be in the right spirit to have this thread be totally free of any feedback besides praise, since that really can be valuable. As for there being no right way, obviously that's correct, and so all feedback should be read and written with that in mind. I think most people here know that anyway. But then I do see whay you are saying when you say that the whole point is to enjoy poetry, not to pick it apart. That's what classes are for.
Perhaps the right avenue by which to marry the two is simply to respond to what's written (This poem makes me think of..., I think this is about..., etc.). This lets the author know how well their message is interpreted while not making anyone feel like their work is being looked down upon. What do you think of that route?
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