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Poetry Critique Circle March
16 years ago
THIS IS:
A critique circle-- we read and critique each other's poetry.
NEWS
I decided to get started a little early. Maybe we can do this in a three-week format.
Two things to link to off the bat:
I've not looked at it closely, but this:
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/writersblock
... may better suit some or all of us in the long run. Feel free to post thoughts about it here.
Also, DTail has submitted to last month's journal, so if they don't promptly repost here:
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/607886/
I'm seriously thinking about audio recording some of my own poems, or maybe doing reading-exchange with other poets in this group-- this links up with my fascistic ideology that poetry is a spoken art (see below). Plus it might be fun. If you beat me to it, bully for you!
RULES
1) POST AND CRITIQUE Post a link to ONE poem you wrote, here, per month/session/journal, and then read & critique the poems other people post here. Don't critique unless you post. Don't post unless you critique.
2) DON'T BE SENSITIVE Don't post if you don't want people to really criticize your poetry. The point of this is to get feedback and improve. Empty adulation does you no good. It's okay to explain yourself to a critic and/or say why you don't agree with them, but don't get all defensive-- critique is somebody spending their time to help you improve.
3) ON CRITIQUE Try and help other poets see what does and doesn't work clearly. Don't try and balance positive with negative, just say whatever you think will be helpful. If it's all bad, or all good, say so. But please, explain WHY. And don't argue with other critics in people's submissions. We can have bigger discussions of poetry here in the journal.
4) NO PERSONAL ATTACKS Stick to talking about poems, NOT the people who wrote them. If you see a pattern in the mistakes somebody makes, that's fine too. But we're not here to insult each other any more than we're here to pat each other's backs.
5) WHAT POETRY? Try not to bring too much po-mo attitude. Poetry is something specific: it's a spoken art, in which speech is given some sort of rythm (meter, rhyme, repetition), so that it becomes hypnotic and memorable. Usually it's also evocative, emotionally complex, and/or otherwise meaingful, or at least escapes being boring and trite somehow. Also, I'd prefer you submit things that aren't X-rated. I write X-rated poetry myself, but I think I'd rather include folks who aren't looking at adult stuff if possible.
6) ALSO POST: useful links, news, or your own opinions about poetry. Try and keep it to one post per session, maybe.
A critique circle-- we read and critique each other's poetry.
NEWS
I decided to get started a little early. Maybe we can do this in a three-week format.
Two things to link to off the bat:
I've not looked at it closely, but this:
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/writersblock
... may better suit some or all of us in the long run. Feel free to post thoughts about it here.
Also, DTail has submitted to last month's journal, so if they don't promptly repost here:
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/607886/
I'm seriously thinking about audio recording some of my own poems, or maybe doing reading-exchange with other poets in this group-- this links up with my fascistic ideology that poetry is a spoken art (see below). Plus it might be fun. If you beat me to it, bully for you!
RULES
1) POST AND CRITIQUE Post a link to ONE poem you wrote, here, per month/session/journal, and then read & critique the poems other people post here. Don't critique unless you post. Don't post unless you critique.
2) DON'T BE SENSITIVE Don't post if you don't want people to really criticize your poetry. The point of this is to get feedback and improve. Empty adulation does you no good. It's okay to explain yourself to a critic and/or say why you don't agree with them, but don't get all defensive-- critique is somebody spending their time to help you improve.
3) ON CRITIQUE Try and help other poets see what does and doesn't work clearly. Don't try and balance positive with negative, just say whatever you think will be helpful. If it's all bad, or all good, say so. But please, explain WHY. And don't argue with other critics in people's submissions. We can have bigger discussions of poetry here in the journal.
4) NO PERSONAL ATTACKS Stick to talking about poems, NOT the people who wrote them. If you see a pattern in the mistakes somebody makes, that's fine too. But we're not here to insult each other any more than we're here to pat each other's backs.
5) WHAT POETRY? Try not to bring too much po-mo attitude. Poetry is something specific: it's a spoken art, in which speech is given some sort of rythm (meter, rhyme, repetition), so that it becomes hypnotic and memorable. Usually it's also evocative, emotionally complex, and/or otherwise meaingful, or at least escapes being boring and trite somehow. Also, I'd prefer you submit things that aren't X-rated. I write X-rated poetry myself, but I think I'd rather include folks who aren't looking at adult stuff if possible.
6) ALSO POST: useful links, news, or your own opinions about poetry. Try and keep it to one post per session, maybe.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2000066
I have moments of being quite happy with this, but there's something about it that's just fail.
Here's Wikipedia with a brief gloss of English Meter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meter_(poetry)#Modern_English
"(K)night Into Dreams": http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2054211
Not much of a picture reference this time, but hopefully still a pleaser! \(^o^)/
Though, I think it's going to take a lot more effort for me to outdue my poem "Memories of a Fragrant Heart." I await your constructive comments on that one Furth (cuz I loves it), but PLEASE...take your time. =)
KEEP WRITING EVERYONE! ;D