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Sisterwolf 26 Dec 2005 Reply
This is like a cruel kindergarten of hateful infants. To critique a poem is one thing - to leave ignorant, aggressive
comments is just not necessary. I am so disappointed, as I
thought this sight might be of help to me.

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anonymous 26 Dec 2005 Reply
No, it was probably never going to be. However, if only in the interest of aggressive commenting, I wonder when you were ever going to actually *critique* a poem here. Checking - to name one - my, zodiac's, most recent comments, I find rewording and formatting suggestions, grammar edits, a theme critique, and so on, and so on into eternity. Your comments on poemranker seem to have been limited to vague praises (on our already-acknowledged Top 20 posts, no less) and the unjustified insinuation that some of our comments (and not yours) aren't "helpful to the poet". I hereby suggest that your comments are the unhelpful ones, that an internet homepage is actually a "site" and not a "sight", and that you enjoy a long, rewarding career in Old Poetry. Thanks for your time.
anonymous 27 Dec 2005 Reply
Stephen Robins 10 Jan 2006 Reply
Ha ha ha.
anonymous 11 Jan 2006 Reply
"Cruel kindergarten of hateful infants" <--good title, dontcha think?
zodiac › anonymous 12 Jan 2006 Reply
I don't know, I don't think people'll want to post their poems on cruelkindergartenofhatefulinfants.com.
anonymous › zodiac 12 Jan 2006 Reply
Hateful poetry-writing infants (i.e., the sort allegedly posting to this site) would.
Sisterwolf › anonymous 12 Jan 2006 Reply
This is more than enough. I conceded that this was not the place to post my poetry and I have not done so. Leave it at that.
This is not helping anyone and rubbing it in isn't something
anyone here is immature enough to do.
anonymous › Sisterwolf 13 Jan 2006 Reply
I don't think anyone's saying this isn't the place to post your poetry--that will stand or fall on its own merits. And if you're looking for honest criticism, you might--just might--find it here. Sometimes you might even find encouragement, though don't count on it. We're generally not a "hail and well met" backslapping, feel-good bunch, I do admit, so if that's what you're looking for, you might be better off at "all_poems_are_good_poems.com" or "your_poetry_is_an_expression_of_YOU_and_therefore_shouldn't_be_judged_on_its_artistic_merits.com" or some similar pap site.

I wasn't rubbing anything in, really--I still think "cruel kindergarten of hateful infants" would make a good title for something. Go for it; it's your line, after all.