tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918255.post6496783078729903600..comments2023-03-26T08:22:49.965-05:00Comments on Never cry over spilled guts: this is what passes for poetry these daysFiat Lexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10441862977921307080noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918255.post-835580764270641022010-04-28T22:54:49.727-05:002010-04-28T22:54:49.727-05:00XD It reminds me of something from Gaia, when we c...XD It reminds me of something from Gaia, when we created the "waaaaah!" award. Er, I created it, and then talked my minions into doing it my way. It started out as an excuse to flame people who posted sadgasms, then gradually evolved into a way to call out people who refused to edit their sadgasms or admit that what they'd written wasn't already perfect. We even had a "bucket squad" for threads that got too flamey.<br /><br />XD Yet another thing to put on my wishlist, and/or "figure out how to get" list. Find myself another poetry scene where a culture of good crits and helpfulness can be forged.Fiat Lexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10441862977921307080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918255.post-42219435329177808982010-04-28T22:43:47.732-05:002010-04-28T22:43:47.732-05:00I don't think that poem passes for good anythi...I don't think that poem passes for good anything. I mean, I wrote pages and pages of garbage about the same tired themes when I was 15-16. And then I quit, because I couldn't not write in cliched forms about cliched topics. Maybe Megan's different, maybe not, but...<br /><br />"<i>Is Megan going to get older, though, and just keep writing the same sorts of thing over and over, believing it's good because no one ever says "you know, that pair of rhyme words is kinda boring, maybe also think about scansion a bit"? Will she try to get better, or get bored with poetry and just stop, robbing us of a potentially rather good poet? Would we notice?</i>"<br /><br />This is the money bit. It should be something people take notice of. But in most things where some people are newbs, or barely talented amateurs, the learning process can be fraught with arrogant bastards. Telling the truth about rhyming 'heart' with 'apart', or 'blah blah dark blackness', is just as likely to humiliate than educate.The Everlasting Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09252574210931882076noreply@blogger.com