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Short term goal - to share our knowledge and hone our poetic skills,
Long term goal - to produce a high quality anthology of inspiring poems together under the Zaadz umbrella to spread love peace and light in the world.
Aim - A safe place where poets can meet to receive feedback and constructive support. from each other, this means all are equal, critique the poem , not the poet or their ideas. It also means leave your ego at the pod door!
Post no more than two or three poems per week.
allow 2 or 3 days between posts for feedback
For every poem posted please critique three poems.
Critique.
Say at least one thing you really like about the poem and explain what it is about the poem that made you think that.
Say what did not work for you in the poem.
“C+C” stands for “Comment + Critique”.
4. If you want more in-depth critique, which could mean that you'll hear a lot more things you didn't want to about your poem but also that you could learn more about how to improve it, please type
“(C+C Please)” in your subject line after your poem title.
Remember respond to all comments with grace and without childishness. This may help you improve your poems and get to the next level, so listen to what people have to say about your poems and bite your tongue if you feel a kneejerk reaction coming on.
Comment + Critique Guidelines.
Give positive feedback first and try to encourage individual voice of each poet. Was the poem really prose, telling, rather than showing in the poets own unique style? Was it cliche, would it benefit from more unique wording? Does it need a spellcheck? Poor grammar?
Poetic technique, - eg Metaphors, simile, imagery, rhythm, alliteration, rhyme, etc did they work, maybe the rhyme seemed forced, not as one would normally speak? Or mixed metaphors caused confusion?
Does the title the suit the poem, does it grab you? Does the form complement the poem? Etc etc… Critique with grace and try to balance negative with more positive feedback.
I have requested extra facilitiesfor this pod, but it was suggested we start with what we have. As We now have an edit facility that lasts,mark your poem original and post the revision below it so that fellow poets can compare when commenting please
Welcome to Workshop and don't be shy, there will be mixed abilities, remember we are all continuously learning it's an ongoing process.
Please retain a copy of your poem as far as I am aware they are not archived.
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