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Any good critique places for poetry?
x_Goodie
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Strange Creature
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I just started out writing and I have no idea if I'm doing good.
Betty
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Tyrant of Words
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This is the workshop. Meant for just that reason, for newbies to get feedback or vets to get help with clunking lines.
Post a poem here and I’ll ‘shop it with you.🙂
SatInUGal
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Kumar
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x_G, I just read your submissions. You have a poetic voice that I like. Others appear to as well. To me, that means you may be on the right track, but that's from the outside looking in. If your poems also feel good to you, then I'd say you're doing well.
CalebMurdock
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I'm new here, but I have a few things to say. Twenty years ago there were a lot of poetry critique forums. Social media platforms have put a bite in the poetry forums, as a lot of poets now post their poems on whatever platform they prefer, and people can comment if they like. My recent experience is that most dedicated poetry forums are pretty dead.
I would advise you to avoid Pig Pen and Eratosphere. Pig Pen used to be a good, active forum, but the owner died, and then it was broken for several years. The current owner has very strict rules and feels free to delete posts on a whim. Eratosphere is a clique of conceited intellectuals who don't like admitting new members and will often gang up on new members and drive them off the forum.
I don't know what this place is like yet.
I would advise you to avoid Pig Pen and Eratosphere. Pig Pen used to be a good, active forum, but the owner died, and then it was broken for several years. The current owner has very strict rules and feels free to delete posts on a whim. Eratosphere is a clique of conceited intellectuals who don't like admitting new members and will often gang up on new members and drive them off the forum.
I don't know what this place is like yet.
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Ahavati
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Someone who is serious about their writing welcomes honest critique - that's how I distinguish who to give my time to. I've had my head bitten off more than once by someone and had to remind them that I was merely HONORING their request.
Of course, that being said, there is a way to provide honest critique without diminishing a writer's dreams.
Someone who is serious about their writing welcomes honest critique - that's how I distinguish who to give my time to. I've had my head bitten off more than once by someone and had to remind them that I was merely HONORING their request.
Of course, that being said, there is a way to provide honest critique without diminishing a writer's dreams.
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MidnightSonneteer
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I've also encountered other poetry websites that are not really POETRY focused, or are even just using the word to mask some other agenda.
There are at least two people on this short thread who can be trusted to provide advice with a sympathetic ear to the novice, knowing full well how likely it is that the novice will be the most thin skinned about what they are trying to learn.
That sensitivity lets us all know how much they care, and deserves to be respected for that alone.
DUP can boast that it has a splendid blend of both high and low brow talent, or street wise and academically oriented practitioners of the craft.
Keep in mind that I have made boo-boos and faux pas here, been scorched for it, but proceeded to interact with no hard feelings.
It's usually a flexible and forgiving environment.
There are at least two people on this short thread who can be trusted to provide advice with a sympathetic ear to the novice, knowing full well how likely it is that the novice will be the most thin skinned about what they are trying to learn.
That sensitivity lets us all know how much they care, and deserves to be respected for that alone.
DUP can boast that it has a splendid blend of both high and low brow talent, or street wise and academically oriented practitioners of the craft.
Keep in mind that I have made boo-boos and faux pas here, been scorched for it, but proceeded to interact with no hard feelings.
It's usually a flexible and forgiving environment.
Ahavati
Tams
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Tams
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Now there are three!