Poems shouldn't have an H!

[Guest]

I'm laughing, truly, and I suppose this means that I have indeed arrived!

My latest work got enough votes for the H to actually register. (Those who submit poems know that quite often they will never get even 10 minimum votes.) It is listed as the second work on the New Poems page and is very visible.

I knew as soon as I saw the H appear this morning it would be slammed down immediately.

It was. *sigh*

I think someone had to give it a '2' to drop it so much.

LOL

Guess I really am back after all!

 

[Guest]

Yea! Sarah! Have a nana to replace the H:

still glad for you,

Perdita

 

[Guest]

 

[jeanne_d_artois]

Your poem appears to have an H again.

Jeanne

 

[Guest]

Your poem appears to have an H again.

As should yours, Jeanne.

Danish Parody

Sarah, I'm sure you won't mind my promoting our newb's first posted poem. It's a riot, and worth a five.

Perdita

 

[Guest]

Your poem appears to have an H again.

Jeanne

Jeanne -

Thank you for your vote and the lovely comments!

Actually, the H hasn't disappeared yet from the original low vote (and it still will, even with your vote - someone slammed it well - lol). Sometimes it takes awhile for the votes to register and catch up with the listing.

I love your poem and added some comments. It is comfortably wordy and so slippery to read, and oh-so witty!

Thank you, perdita, for sending me her way!

 

[oggbashan]

This one should

Been to "Twas..." , voted with a five and a public comment.

Og

 

[jeanne_d_artois]

Thank you Perdita and Sweetsubsarahh for the kind words.

Sweetsubsarahh's poem deserves the H because it is not only clever, witty but is erotic. It is accessible as good poetry should be.

Mine is a parody. You have to know what I am parodying to understand it. Then you have to have a particular sense of humour. That makes it difficult to understand.

Sweetsubsarahh has written a poem that everyone here should enjoy.

Please read it if you haven't already.

Jeanne

 

[Guest]

Mine is a parody. You have to know what I am parodying to understand it. Then you have to have a particular sense of humour. That makes it difficult to understand.

Careful, Jeanne, don't underestimate the AH people. Of course Gauche has a different (gauche) opinion, hahaha.

Perdita

 

[Colleen Thomas]

It deserves an H, got a five from me. Hopefully the slams will get deleted. Lauren is prety good about deleting spurious votes.

-Colly

 

[minsue]

Both poems got 5s from me! You all never cease to amaze me.

Jealously,

Mindy

 

[Guest]

Thanks everyone - all the wonderful things you've all said are making me feel pretty terrific.

I'm awfully glad I posted my "I'm Back" thread in the AH instead of the poet section.

Twas the Day just got spanked pretty hard in the new poems thread. So it is really "ballot-stuffing for a friend" to give that poem a 5?

Ouch.

I don't try to please everyone but writing that poem was very therapeutic for me!!!

I know, I know. I'm not really a poet. I just like to tell stories that sometimes happen to rhyme.

But I think I'll go back to writing smutty stories instead! (The "wank" crowd never complains about a rhyme - LOL)

 

[Colleen Thomas]

Thanks everyone - all the wonderful things you've all said are making me feel pretty terrific.

I'm awfully glad I posted my "I'm Back" thread in the AH instead of the poet section.

Twas the Day just got spanked pretty hard in the new poems thread. So it is really "ballot-stuffing for a friend" to give that poem a 5?

Ouch.

I don't try to please everyone but writing that poem was very therapeutic for me!!!

I know, I know. I'm not really a poet. I just like to tell stories that sometimes happen to rhyme.

But I think I'll go back to writing smutty stories instead! (The "wank" crowd never complains about a rhyme - LOL)

Don't let it bother you, you know how moody and catty those poets are

In all honesty I don't see where it could be spanked. Most erotic poetry leaves me cold, but your poem is erotic. A good deal of the erotic poetry I have read is more poetry with fanciful metaphors for fucking than truely erotic. By the time you have waded through all the flower comparrisons I find myself wondering if these guys aren't solely responsible for floral scented feminine hygene sprays being so popular

-Colly

 

[Guest]

Don't let it bother you, you know how moody and catty those poets are

In all honesty I don't see where it could be spanked. Most erotic poetry leaves me cold, but your poem is erotic. A good deal of the erotic poetry I have read is more poetry with fanciful metaphors for fucking than truely erotic. By the time you have waded through all the flower comparrisons I find myself wondering if these guys aren't solely responsible for floral scented feminine hygene sprays being so popular

-Colly

LMAO!

Thank you, Colly!

 

[Colleen Thomas]

LMAO!

Thank you, Colly!

My pleasure. It's good to see you smiling and laughing again.

*HUGS*

-Colly

 

[wishfulthinking]

I think I have to take credit - I gave you a 5 yesterday!



Kidding about the credit part - that belongs to you - fab poem!

 

[Lauren Hynde]

A good deal of the erotic poetry I have read is more poetry with fanciful metaphors for fucking than truely erotic. By the time you have waded through all the flower comparrisons I find myself wondering if these guys aren't solely responsible for floral scented feminine hygene sprays being so popular

Well, you have obviously wasting too much time reading the wrong erotic poems.



Hi, Sarah!

I'm glad you're back and with a poem that is just so completely you. I can't believe it's been over a year since you posted 'God I Love Football!' I still mention that one sometimes in the poetry forum.

You know, the person who posted that in the new poems thread wasn't really dissing it, I think. He admires you, but was a bit jealous of the attention. It's very rare for a poem to have that many high votes in such a short span, and when all the public comments come from people that never comment, or read the poetry section, of course those thoughts would come to mind regardless of the poem.

I, for example, am very active in both here and the poetry forum and neither of the two poems I posted this week have had any comment or more than five votes (and even if they had, their rating is lower than 4.5) *shrugs*

 

[Guest]

Poetry is often overlooked

on this site, I'll agree with you there.

Folks in the AH know that personal tragedy has prevented me from writing for a long time. See thread:

https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=219018

I was anxious about submitting work again so I invited everyone to take a read. Maybe they are feeling sorry for me and posting high scores? Could be - they are very nice people, but still that does seems a bit insulting to them.

I have gotten positive mentions in the New Poems Thread and have always appreciated it, and God knows that poetry can be so subjective.

This just seemed to be more of a personal attack.

I dug out the box that has been sitting with many of my half-finished stories and I think I'll work on those for awhile!

Thank you Lauren for your kind thoughts -

 

[Colleen Thomas]

Well, you have obviously wasting too much time reading the wrong erotic poems.

In that case could you point me towards the good ones? I know one erotic poet who's works are probably delicous considering the author, but I digress

-Colly

 

[Lauren Hynde]

Re: Poetry is often overlooked

This just seemed to be more of a personal attack.

I dug out the box that has been sitting with many of my half-finished stories and I think I'll work on those for awhile!

He can be a bit blunt, but I know that wasn't his intention. Hope that doesn't stop you from posting more and better poems!

I'll be keeping an eye out for your name in the new stories list too. I count a number of them amongst my favourites.

In that case could you point me towards the good ones? I know one erotic poet who's works are probably delicous considering the author, but I digress

-Colly

*grins*

I could recommend a few, but half the pleasure is in the thrill of seeking, isn't it?

 

[Colleen Thomas]

I would venture the opinion that more than half the pleasure is in the finding, but thats just impatient lil ole me

-Colly

 

[Linbido]

Thanks everyone - all the wonderful things you've all said are making me feel pretty terrific.

I'm awfully glad I posted my "I'm Back" thread in the AH instead of the poet section.

Twas the Day just got spanked pretty hard in the new poems thread. So it is really "ballot-stuffing for a friend" to give that poem a 5?

Ouch.

I don't try to please everyone but writing that poem was very therapeutic for me!!!

I know, I know. I'm not really a poet. I just like to tell stories that sometimes happen to rhyme.

But I think I'll go back to writing smutty stories instead! (The "wank" crowd never complains about a rhyme - LOL)

Sweet, dearest. Don't let that get you down. You seem to take it with a giggle, which is exacty what you should.

In a way, it was ballot stuffing for a friend. Not because your poem doesn't deserve an H. But because all your friends ,me included, hauled their behinds over to the poetry section to read it, and then even vote. (Personally, I gave it a 4. It was a sexy, juicy tale that put a big smile on my face, but there honestly was room for improvement, poem-wise.)

But that is something that sadly happens too rarely.

There are so many fantastic poems posted daily, and almost none of them reach those magic ten votes that would literally litter the poem ranks with H tags.

Poems, erotic or not, are lucky to be read a hundred times, and votes are counted in the range of 0 to 8, unless heavily plugged by the poets themselves.¨

So, what am I trying to say? Well, give poems a chance, folks. Go drop a vote form the new ones now and then. Preferrably from complete strangers. That is all.

 

[Guest]

Thoughtful words, Lin. I am always nonplussed when people I consider very literate and sharp readers simply tell me they can't get into poetry, it's beyond them, or they just don't care for it. Their loss. My experience is one must read lots of poetry and one's tastes will emerge, even judgement.

I know what it means to label a poem "erotic" on Lit., but I find good poetry erotic in its very language, whether it's about sex or fucking, or not.

Sarah, I gave you complimentary comments and a 4 because the poem deserved it. It gave me pleasure to do so because I like you.

Perdita

 

[Colleen Thomas]

I disagree with the idea that it is ballot stuffing. If Lauren or Dita or Ogs or any of my other friends here at the Ah decided to post a poem and let us know about it I would go and check it out. As an author, who knows how much feedback means I would vote and send feedback.

If another poet is put out by the votes, he/she should come on over and make an effort to ge to know the Ah regulars. As a group we are far more likely to vote and send feedback. As to the score, we are also in general discerning and give votes we feel are justified. If you get a four or a five from someone here, you can bet you earned it. I got a four from dear ole Rumple one day and it meant as much to me as any of the fives I earned.

Ballot stuffing is when you ask your friends to give you good votes. It's when people who don't even read the piece just jump in and throw you a five because they care for you and couldn't give you less than five because they are afraid of hurting your feelings. I think all of us here have advertised our stories to one another at some point in time. We don't do it in the hopes of getting votes we don't deserve, we do it in the hopes of getting critical analysis from those we respect.

I love Sarah to death. I also respect her far too much as an artist to give her less than my honest opinion. I think most of the people here hold her in the same esteem and that all the votes were given in that same spirit of respectful honesty.

I don't know this person who posted. I don't even know what was said. But it sounds to me like someone has a serious case of sour grapes.

-Colly

 

[Guest]

You know, the person who posted that in the new poems thread wasn't really dissing it, I think. He admires you, but was a bit jealous of the attention. It's very rare for a poem to have that many high votes in such a short span, and when all the public comments come from people that never comment, or read the poetry section, of course those thoughts would come to mind regardless of the poem.

I give the fish-lover less benefit of the doubt than Lauren. It's one thing to criticize a poem based on some standards, even personal at times, but another thing altogether to whine about it's popularity, even among friends. Very bad taste and obviously sour grapes (not to mention the personal behind-the-scenes story).

I read the new poems regularly and vote when they merit more than a 3. I haven't left many public comments on poems or stories simply because I don't have the time. The ones I've written were for friends. Sue me (not meant for Laurencita, just used her post as a springboard).

Perdita