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Infamous last words
By wltshr
26 June 2007


Torn.



Not sure why I’m writing this

I’m really a nice bloke

I sometimes say some cruel things

But only as a joke

 

I never meant to hurt your pride,

I just got carried away

with words. The way you seemed to.

Ignore the things I say

 

I’ll keep away from poetry

(It really isn’t me).

I just get angry now and then

At all the crap I see

 

Art isn’t art just because

The artist says it is.

But who am I to criticise

his work at all. It’s his.

Reviews

Written by Talisker (1326 comments posted) 26th June 2007
Hey wltshr! No intellectual cleansing on this forum...wave your critique flag high! 
 
Don't allow the moral minority to censor free comment - if GW poetry becomes an excercise in group-think and mutual back-slapping, then it ain't worth the bandwidth. Rip the p*ss out of my "work" anytime - I for one am not hyper-sensitive to either positive or negative crit.  
 
When we post to the forum, we are putting our work, and by extension ourselves, up to be shot at. Thats fine! If we don't want honest crit, negative and/or positive, we don't need to post. Period. 
 
Oli

Written by wltshr (300 comments posted) 26th June 2007
Talisker: I thought Poetry was all about breast beating, wringing of hands, teenage angst et al. Hey, what do I know? 
 
I don't understand why many amateur poets are so precious, and so many professional ones take themselves so seriously. It's as though they are deaf and cannot hear the rest of the world snickering.  
 
However, most of us joined this site because we like to write. Not because we are particularly good at it. Therefore we ought, at least, to be courteous and kind, and constructive in our reviews. 
 
There are, on this site, some objectionable bastards who appear to derive joy from attacking others, especially those who have the temerity to disagree with their views.  
I'm not pleased that I may have been mistaken for one of those. 
 
Therefore, torn. 
 
Wltshr 
 
"In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant." Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

Written by stevetroster (1549 comments posted) 26th June 2007
A minority with morals, nay, ‘tis the majority who have morals and the minority who are immoral.  
When we post to the forum we do want honest crit, negative and/or positive. 
Not ignorance from mendacious ‘poets’. 
 
My review. 
A valuable and honest poem Mr. wltshr. 
Bugger the poetic quality, it’s the content that is important. 

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