Re: Dirty Pops by Tarquin De La Bog	16-Aug-02/9:14 PM
More SHITE (or should that be PUSS).10 must have came from an alter ego. Now that is constructive critcism.
Re: The Messenger (The Unreplaceable And Greatly Missed Mr. Mercury) by anagram	16-Aug-02/9:18 PM
Know you were talking to Frass P&K but just for the record I can take criticism and appreciate your taking the time to read the poem and offer your valued opinion which was along the lines of what I expected.
Re: The Call of Duty by waltfreakinwhitman	17-Aug-02/4:45 PM
Sadly I agree with Tarq.Very humerous.
Re: that boy by nessness	17-Aug-02/4:46 PM
Lets try using the correct fingers the next time I try to write HUMOUROUS (UK)
Re: The Call of Duty by waltfreakinwhitman	17-Aug-02/4:48 PM
Will try to use the correct fingers the next time I try to type HUMOUROUS (UK)
Re: In these boots by http://David Bowman	17-Aug-02/5:40 PM
If you are the "real" Dave Bowman then the ending is hardly a surprise though I would never have had you down as a poet.Must be lots more - what was it 17 months spare time? Good 7/10.
regarding some deleted poem...	20-Aug-02/4:18 PM
Nicely written.
Re: Hunny by Venus	21-Aug-02/10:58 AM
Excellent one of my favourites so far.
Re: Wise Clogg! by -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I.	21-Aug-02/11:11 AM
Mine too
regarding some deleted poem...	21-Aug-02/11:18 AM
Easily merits all the above praise
Re: The Precious Thing by -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I.	22-Aug-02/11:52 AM
Very good 7.
Re: Choking by SoulSlippedAway	24-Aug-02/2:40 PM
If a poem appears to be "teenage angst," does that automatically make it bad. To many of this site's critics write in a similar style and seem to consider anything different substandard.(Shame). Incidently it would seem a tad hypocritical to comment on typos when including 1 or 2 that paragraph that is doing the criticising.Any here?
Re: In these boots by http://David Bowman	26-Aug-02/2:59 PM
I understand a correction is in order - that should be 17 games
regarding some deleted poem...	27-Aug-02/5:31 PM
Great last line on previous comment.What I think GW means is, there is a little group of Mafiosa who swarm this site making stinging comments on poetry that doesn't meet their belief of what good poetry is.To meet this criteria you must write very difficult poems for mere mortals to understand you must also throw in the odd smattering of unsavoury words and God forbid never let anything rhyme. Don't get me wrong the group she refers to do often write very good poetry (she included)but then they witter on about it in psuedo Keats, Shelley & Byron claptrap that they fail to see that all poetry appeals to somebody (even if only the writer)and the purpose of posting here is just to see if anyone else might enjoy it. I ask you, why does a poem have to paint a whole picture what is wrong with portraying only the sentiment behind something and leaving the rest to the readers imagination. GW frequently advises newcomers to beware the harsh crircism coming their way but I suspect this is because most of her work has been received by them rather well and she wants to build a fearsome reputation for the gang she is so desperate to join.I don't consider myself to be so good or clever to severely critcise anyones poetry,if I like it I give it a good mark and congratulatory comment,if I don't I move on to another.However errors in comments are another thing so I take it when she says 'element' she means 'eliminate'. However as she says don't take any of it seriously because if the critics were any good we'd be paying for their work and not here getting to slate it for free.Keep writing what you feel like and I for one will keep reading.
regarding some deleted poem...	27-Aug-02/5:40 PM
Yeah OK. You have your own style that I like.
regarding some deleted poem...	27-Aug-02/5:59 PM
Thanks for taking my words in the spirit they were intended (albeit with a slight sprinkling sarcasm)(my words that is, not your taking of them).I don't consider myself worthy of criticising any poem negatively because I've written some things which I thought were good yet others disagreed I have also written stuff that has received universal acclaim but I have also written verse that I know is crap. I think as said that as long as somebody likes it then it is justified. I have read all your poems but will do so again and make a point of saying what I think about those I like which I imagine will be most of them. This one I think is excellent, it is beautifully written and struck a chord with me probably because I have two kids aged 17 & 4 not pretty robed young ladies though - grubby boys trying to master their skills with their hammers.
regarding some deleted poem...	27-Aug-02/6:07 PM
You see I like this because of the way it flows and just the words yuo have used and the order you have put them in.I don't think it matters that I only think I know what it's about.
regarding some deleted poem...	27-Aug-02/6:13 PM
See I like this one too.A touch of the Jim Steinman if I'm not mistaken.Like the epilogue thought of inanimate objects and the stories they could tell.
regarding some deleted poem...	27-Aug-02/6:21 PM
Even if I understood the reference to me I wouldn't comment.
regarding some deleted poem...	27-Aug-02/6:30 PM
Yeah like this one too. (what happened to the others).Like the hurting 'good' made me think of another songwriter, John Cougar, I think has one called 'Hurts So Good'.