MelissaBaby
Wordy Bitch
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I just need to rant a little bit somewhere, and this seems the appropriate place.
My poem, Mother of a Ghost is about a miscarriage I suffered, and is based around the fact that traces of the DNA of the child remain within the mother's bloodstream for the rest of her life.
I'm pretty good at accepting criticism. Maybe it's a lousy poem. I haven't written much poetry, so I don't expect great laurels, I'm sure I have a lot to learn.
But I received this anonymous comment:
I found it astonishing. Tell me my word choice is poor, that the rhythm is wrong (a previous comment made that point, and I think it's a good critique), I'll accept fair criticism.
But telling a mother that her reaction to the loss of a child is "emo"? That she's "over the top in her depression"?
That's not criticism, that's sadism.
My poem, Mother of a Ghost is about a miscarriage I suffered, and is based around the fact that traces of the DNA of the child remain within the mother's bloodstream for the rest of her life.
I'm pretty good at accepting criticism. Maybe it's a lousy poem. I haven't written much poetry, so I don't expect great laurels, I'm sure I have a lot to learn.
But I received this anonymous comment:
Good idea, blah execution. Reads like you're trying to add too much emotion to it. What is it called, 'emo'. I read this and think, 'this person is over the top in their depression' I don't think about the poem in a "poignant" way, I think, 'they are trying to hard' in their description.
I found it astonishing. Tell me my word choice is poor, that the rhythm is wrong (a previous comment made that point, and I think it's a good critique), I'll accept fair criticism.
But telling a mother that her reaction to the loss of a child is "emo"? That she's "over the top in her depression"?
That's not criticism, that's sadism.