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Poetry Critique Circle April
16 years ago
THIS IS:
A critique circle-- we read and critique each other's poetry.
NEWS
It's April. We have two or three people who've been contributing the last couple months. I feel good about this.
In April, let's expand, maybe? Those of you who read my journal but don't post poems... like, DOOO EET. Feel free to point people in this direction. I feel like we need five or six people minimum, to really be in full swing.
Maybe we should get a name for ourselves as a poetry circle, or group, or something. Develop a philosophy, theme, or something. (e.g., I've always thought it would be interesting to have a group of furry poets who took the idea of excellence in concrete sensory description, especially the non-visual senses, as a core value.) I dunno. Feel free to brainstorm.
Also, to the point that poetry is SPOKEN not written, I'd still like to hear people reading their own poetry, or each other's.
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
It's April. We have two or three people who've been contributing the last couple months. I feel good about this.
In April, let's expand, maybe? Those of you who read my journal but don't post poems... like, DOOO EET. Feel free to point people in this direction. I feel like we need five or six people minimum, to really be in full swing.
Maybe we should get a name for ourselves as a poetry circle, or group, or something. Develop a philosophy, theme, or something. (e.g., I've always thought it would be interesting to have a group of furry poets who took the idea of excellence in concrete sensory description, especially the non-visual senses, as a core value.) I dunno. Feel free to brainstorm.
Also, to the point that poetry is SPOKEN not written, I'd still like to hear people reading their own poetry, or each other's.
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.
Sorry for the late response, but better late than never! ;3
Alrighty, I'll go with THIS one for the month of April:
"Died Red ~Ripple~" --> http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2151705
Also, Furth, I'd really like you to take a look at my poem "Memories of a Fragrant Heart" --> http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2017068 (I submitted that one for the month of March.) =P
I look forward to your input guys! ^^