The worst poetry site out there. Many teenage hopefuls come to get some criticism, but then get torn apart
like an autistic
kid at a MENSA convention. They frequently personally insult the writers themselves in their criticism of the poem. For them, "poetic license" is just an excuse for laziness. Their idea of a cliche is something that was written about once five-hundred years ago in
Romania. If you'
re a sadist, it'
s perfect. If you want some real literary criticism, stay away from these forty-something balding nerds. If they criticized you, don't worry about it. They hate everyone but themselves. You'
re probably actually pretty good.
Average criticism:
Standard-issue beginner's self-indulgent, self-immersed prose journal-entry writing
loaded with ungrounded and therefore meaningless abstractions and
31 first-person singular pronouns which makes clear that the real subject is you, a subject frankly devoid of interest. Why should anyone care about the interacracies (?/sic) of your naval when they can read someone else's wonderful poetry? Also, why do the lines have little to do with one another? (
maybe because it's a DYNAMIC POEM, JACKASS?)
Example:
My poem got bashed at the PFFA, but so did everyone else's.