Isolated Blurt Thread

[tolyk]

I stopped caring what votes my poetry gets. I know what I was feeling when I wrote them, I know which ones I consider good, and which ones I just wanted to share for the hell of it.. I don't expect myself to be good at poetry, I know nothing about it, I don't intend on changing that in the near future, have too many other things I'm working on.

Who do you write your poetry for? I always wrote mine for myself. Be damned what anyone else things, be it praise or not. If I want a critique or advice, then I ask for it outright, otherwise it's my poem and I'll leave it how I wish

 

[matriarch]

Aww, you've never had a visit from Trolly, the malicious poetry troll? How'd you get so lucky. He's nice enough to leave snarky feedback and multiple one votes.

Not yet, but if he's out there, and reads my post, I'm quite sure he'll pay a visit.

Not that I notice, because I rarely check on my scores any more. *shrug*. They've kind of lost their importance. I'm not in this for being better than everyone else - i.e., higher scores and voting, I'm in it to give pleasure and because writing gives me pleasure.

If I was making a living from it, that would be different.

Just my take.

 

[matriarch]

I stopped caring what votes my poetry gets. I know what I was feeling when I wrote them, I know which ones I consider good, and which ones I just wanted to share for the hell of it.. I don't expect myself to be good at poetry, I know nothing about it, I don't intend on changing that in the near future, have too many other things I'm working on.

Who do you write your poetry for? I always wrote mine for myself. Be damned what anyone else things, be it praise or not. If I want a critique or advice, then I ask for it outright, otherwise it's my poem and I'll leave it how I wish

Exactly.
My poetry expresses what I feel at the time of writing, and is only important to me, and to the person who inspired it.

I post it because.........well, actually I'm not even sure why. Maybe in the forlorn hope that someone else out there will understand what I'm trying to say, what I'm feeling. *shrug*.

Half of my poems haven't even been voted on enough to qualify for a place in the listings, a few have 'H's, some have very low scores. I accept that on a site that has such a diverse readership. Not everyone will like the same poems as other people, any more than they'll like the same stories as others.

 

[jushorny]

Who is fucking with my daughter's head, why, and I'm looking for you

 

[tolyk]

Exactly.
My poetry expresses what I feel at the time of writing, and is only important to me, and to the person who inspired it.

I post it because.........well, actually I'm not even sure why. Maybe in the forlorn hope that someone else out there will understand what I'm trying to say, what I'm feeling. *shrug*.

Half of my poems haven't even been voted on enough to qualify for a place in the listings, a few have 'H's, some have very low scores. I accept that on a site that has such a diverse readership. Not everyone will like the same poems as other people, any more than they'll like the same stories as others.

My feelings exactly..

I know why I post mine. For the simple fact that I like to share my expressions. Now, whether they are liked or disliked is up to them. I'm not going to change who I am due to that though, so why stress over the feedback? I also rarely look at my scores, and I couldn't care less if my poems have a little H or not.. considering I think all but one of my poems submitted are garbage *chuckle* (most of 'em I wrote almost 10 years ago, so I can look back and realise I was not meant to be a poet *grin*)

 

[Aurora Black]

I stopped caring what votes my poetry gets. I know what I was feeling when I wrote them, I know which ones I consider good, and which ones I just wanted to share for the hell of it.. I don't expect myself to be good at poetry, I know nothing about it, I don't intend on changing that in the near future, have too many other things I'm working on.

Who do you write your poetry for? I always wrote mine for myself. Be damned what anyone else things, be it praise or not. If I want a critique or advice, then I ask for it outright, otherwise it's my poem and I'll leave it how I wish

Le sigh. I never claimed to be Keats, but I like to think that I'm actually good at what I do.

That's a very good question, so good that it threw me for a loop. I write my stories for myself, but my poetry is more for the public. I didn't realize that until now. Sure, I write my poems to express what's on my mind and in my soul, but after they're written they're up for grabs.

 

[tolyk]

Le sigh. I never claimed to be Keats, but I like to think that I'm actually good at what I do.

That's a very good question, so good that it threw me for a loop. I write my stories for myself, but my poetry is more for the public. I didn't realize that until now. Sure, I write my poems to express what's on my mind and in my soul, but after they're written they're up for grabs.

Okay then.. so my advice doesn't work so well

But you do realize of course that you can't please everyone, and some people are just dumbasses

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

Oh you have got to be kidding me!

On Flip This House... the house they bought looks like it would be a house in one of our worst neighborhoods and be worth maybe $50,000... at most. They bought the thing for $190,000. And they sold it for $362,000 after they flipped it. Dang.

 

[OhMissScarlett]

Le sigh. I never claimed to be Keats, but I like to think that I'm actually good at what I do.

That's a very good question, so good that it threw me for a loop. I write my stories for myself, but my poetry is more for the public. I didn't realize that until now. Sure, I write my poems to express what's on my mind and in my soul, but after they're written they're up for grabs.

That's interesting. I think when I first started posting my poetry, I took criticism so personally because my poetry is so personal. It was a real labor of love for me to make the decision to post them in the first place. Taking shit for my poetry was a lot like having someone bully my child. Though, now I'm tougher and also, I know more poets here, poets that kick so much ass and still get mean-spirited comments and low votes or troll votes.

My stories are for a very specific audience and open to interpretation, my poems are for me and for personal closure.

 

[Aurora Black]

Okay then.. so my advice doesn't work so well

But you do realize of course that you can't please everyone, and some people are just dumbasses

I am quickly learning.

 

[minsue]

Oh you have got to be kidding me!

On Flip This House... the house they bought looks like it would be a house in one of our worst neighborhoods and be worth maybe $50,000... at most. They bought the thing for $190,000. And they sold it for $362,000 after they flipped it. Dang.

Location, location, location. You'd be amazed what some people will pay for a certain zip code.

 

[Aurora Black]

That's interesting. I think when I first started posting my poetry, I took criticism so personally because my poetry is so personal. It was a real labor of love for me to make the decision to post them in the first place. Taking shit for my poetry was a lot like having someone bully my child. Though, now I'm tougher and also, I know more poets here, poets that kick so much ass and still get mean-spirited comments and low votes or troll votes.

My stories are for a very specific audience and open to interpretation, my poems are for me and for personal closure.

It's the exact opposite for me. I have no idea why, but that's how it is. Before I came to Lit, I hoarded all of my stories for myself. It took me a very long time before I worked up the nerve to submit a story anywhere, and to this day I won't post a story until I am completely satisfied with it first (and that takes a while because I'm a perfectionist and my own worst enemy when it comes to criticism).

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

Location, location, location. You'd be amazed what some people will pay for a certain zip code.

Obviously. This one was in Charleston, SC.

If my house was in California or somewhere like that... it would be worth at least 5 times more than what it goes for here.

 

[tolyk]

Obviously. This one was in Charleston, SC.

If my house was in California or somewhere like that... it would be worth at least 5 times more than what it goes for here.

Pick it up and move it? Ya could make a new show out of it, "Toe this house", renovations going on while it's being toted to a new area *chuckle*

 

[minsue]

That's interesting. I think when I first started posting my poetry, I took criticism so personally because my poetry is so personal. It was a real labor of love for me to make the decision to post them in the first place. Taking shit for my poetry was a lot like having someone bully my child.

I think that's the issue with a lot of people and the poems they post here. They're much more personal than the stories and so people are much more sensitive about the votes. (and the few votes that people will get are much more critical than story votes because anyone reading them usually takes poetry seriously, unlike a lot of the story readers) I won't vote or send any kind of criticism if the poem looks too personal. It's just so hard to know who wants an honest vote and/or honest critique and who is posting as a catharsis.

 

[minsue]

Obviously. This one was in Charleston, SC.

If my house was in California or somewhere like that... it would be worth at least 5 times more than what it goes for here.

If my house were two miles to the west (and therefore in a different city), it'd be worth a much different amount. It's bizarre.

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

Pick it up and move it? Ya could make a new show out of it, "Toe this house", renovations going on while it's being toted to a new area *chuckle*

LOL. Towing it would actually make it worth less, I'm sure. Our house isn't very old and in pretty good shape considering there's been four little kids living here for the last few years. People that know us who live in other places can't believe the housing prices around here (how cheap they are compared to other places).

 

[cloudy]

LOL. Towing it would actually make it worth less, I'm sure. Our house isn't very old and in pretty good shape considering there's been four little kids living here for the last few years. People that know us who live in other places can't believe the housing prices around here (how cheap they are compared to other places).

Indeed.

Housing is unbelievably cheap in the south compared to other areas.

 

[OhMissScarlett]

I think that's the issue with a lot of people and the poems they post here. They're much more personal than the stories and so people are much more sensitive about the votes. (and the few votes that people will get are much more critical than story votes because anyone reading them usually takes poetry seriously, unlike a lot of the story readers) I won't vote or send any kind of criticism if the poem looks too personal. It's just so hard to know who wants an honest vote and/or honest critique and who is posting as a catharsis.

That's so true. Though, I guess if we didn't want to hear it, we could always turn our votes and feedback off. I can't, I'm a glutton for punishment.

 

[OhMissScarlett]

It's the exact opposite for me. I have no idea why, but that's how it is. Before I came to Lit, I hoarded all of my stories for myself. It took me a very long time before I worked up the nerve to submit a story anywhere, and to this day I won't post a story until I am completely satisfied with it first (and that takes a while because I'm a perfectionist and my own worst enemy when it comes to criticism).

It wouldn't hurt me to have that problem.

 

[Aurora Black]

*unrelated blurt*

I am an unapologetic night owl, and I love it. The night is my day.

 

[Aurora Black]

It wouldn't hurt me to have that problem.

 

[Guest]

I am sitting here talking to Jammies. She's resting in my cleavage.

 

[impressive]

I made a flogger.

 

[Guest]