derriqueen:

derriqueen:

It does. Seriously. And not even just reading. One of the secrets of writer success at least on a literary level, involves the careful critique of someone else’s work. Peer reviewing, peer editing. Working with peer writers.

I have drank way too many espresso drinks today.

Complete Digression:

“I feel like I can’t review a poem”; if you are a poet, you can and should be able to review a poem. Don’t feel bad if you think the poem is personal, distance yourself by seeing the “I” of a poem as the speaker. If you find you can’t comment on it and it’s way too personal for you to even make some sort of connection with, then maybe that isn’t such a great poem. Poetry should be so many things, not just rants, not just personal opinions, not just the “I”, and not always meta. Some poetry should tell a story, even have a meaning. Give us the five senses. If the poem has no imagery and is just opinion then maybe it isn’t a good poem. Things I think poetry might lack these days: attention to line and meter. No one writes with rhythm anymore. No one pays attention to the syllables in a line. Also, please don’t rate it on a scale of 1 to 10, don’t put a number on someone’s poetry. An example of an actual review:

I forgot I wrote this… huh…not bad, lol

Some really good thoughts in here.

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