Read or Dead?

Hi Ewan. Please feel free to comment on my work or not as you see fit. When I said : "I don't see an enormous amount of constructive criticism going on here either so is it fair to say that if it ain't read then it's dead?" I was referring to the amount of stories I have seen on the site with no comment, not specifically to my work. I think it's pretty clear from what I have said that I am looking for people to read my work, whether they comment on it or not is not the primary concern. Whether you think my use of language is poor or whether you feel my vocabulary is limited or my ability to write as someone in the past has said they think I should is of little concern to me. I am more interested in being able to impart ideas which stick like glue so if you have anything constructive to say in that area I would welcome it. Having set out my stall and given your aggressive manner there is a danger that anything else from you now, given your status as linguistic royalty on the board, might be seen as nothing but intimidatory showboating. But feel free, you certainly appear to feel the need. As for the word 'clique' I checked the meaning on wikipedia before using it. "an exclusive group of people who share interests, views, purposes," It seemed to fit what I wanted to say. And finally, what was meant by : "I am not in much of a position to offer any sort of pertinent comment on" was that I'm not a follower of poetry rules, not interested in iambic whatnots and haven't schooled myself in them so I'm not in much of a position to offer any sort of pertinent comment apart from 'I like that' which you might agree would be pretty weak. It seems to me Ewan, having read some of your stuff that you are more than capable of understanding what I had written, so why, given that I have not attacked you, do you feel the need to be so aggressive towards me?

"poetjude | May 25, 2009 - 18:34" Mmmm! Humour? Or another friend I've made? At 319,546 hits and counting on just 393 stories you have obviously cracked it. Perhaps you could offer a little more Jude?

Thanks Chris for your warm welcome. I hear what you are saying and I can see how the site can work. I guess I feel neither comfortable nor qualified to point out any inadequacy I might think I see in someone else's work so I don't really see myself getting involved with commenting very much unless I am praising. The stuff I am generally driven to write is designed to be always looking for a new audience as that is it's purpose and I would never want to coerce anyone to read it by being nice to them. Those who are ready and looking for it will find it, I just want to make sure it's on widescreen so they don't miss it that's all. ;) Meantime I have taken on board what you have said and given the time I will try your approach and see how I get on. If all I manage to do is learn some new techniques that will be a start. Cheers once again Chris.

Hi Chuck. Found your first post helpful. As for : "Phew...sorry Skunk. I wasn't sure if you were a member of the clique or not." ... Oh dear, my dear Chuck-ie You seem so huyoa-ey Stuck on one word-ie Like a poetic nurd-ie ;) G'is a shout when you get over it?

"Ewan | May 26, 2009 - 06:59" Hi Ewan "It's interesting that you choose Wikipedia for your research into definitions." Went to google, entered 'clique', pressed 'search' and the first item was from wikipedia. I was in a hurry and it seemed to confirm to me that I could use it as I wanted without it being offensive - which is of course why I looked it up, I could already spell it. "It was also interesting that you chose to accuse me of 'showboating' rather than refute anything which I said about your poem." I didn't accuse you of showboating. What I said was : "Having set out my stall and given your aggressive manner there is a danger that anything else from you now, given your status as linguistic royalty on the board, might be seen as nothing but intimidatory showboating. But feel free, you certainly appear to feel the need." As you can see I was referring any possible future comment attacks. Having re-read your post I think my choice of the word aggressive was wrong - excuse me for that. Perhaps I should have said that I felt that you were being unnecessarily combative? As for "refute anything which I said about your poem" well at this point you had only said "I intend to comment on your work very shortly" so there was nothing to refute. I note you didn't take me to task over referring to you as 'linguistic royalty' ;) Anyway, enough of this tennis already!! Having 'spoken' with you on my ZooBabies page I can see that I was wrong, you are not being aggressive towards me, in fact you are very helpful. So if you feel the need for an apology then I offer it unreservedly ;) "If you feel I have been aggressive, I do hope that Naziwifebeater doesn't comment on your work." Sounds like something to look forward to. I'm sure he's a lovely guy. Cheers