I may be getting the same thing - still spinning towards preview.damn thing won't let me vote or leave comments sorry guys n gals I will try again tomorrow
I sure don't know! I'm thinking it's related to the new url, with the poem name instead of a number. That's a good thing, I guess, but it sure has screwed things up.
Tess, you shouldn't kick yourself about typos and such because what is feedback for but for us to help each other see other possibilities? We may not agree with them, but they give us options. I know that for me it's nice, of course, to be told "I love this poem," but I get more from the comments that show me what I've missed or other directions that might improve the poem, even if I do sometimes feel like an oaf for missing whatever I might have missed.
Also I have always seen submitting here as the first step in deciding whether I want to go further with a poem, try to revise it and then attempt to publish it elsewhere. I feel pretty confident that if the poem isn't working at least one person will give me clues why and then I can revise and make that decision about publishing. And I think that attitude colors the way I comment on others' poem. Maybe I shouldn't be so forthright sometimes but I do feel that I know who the people are here who will read the straight up critique and not take it personally. That's what I want from someone willing to comment on my stuff.
I have a poem that I think should post tomorrow that people may hate. I was trying something a little different with it and I'm a bit fluttery inside about hearing if it doesn't work, but I'd rather know if that's what a reader thinks, you know?
Sorry for going so far off track. Your comment got me thinking.
Oh please don't you, or anyone, ever stop pointing out anything awry or improvable in my work. I appreciate ALL feedback, particularly others views on how to improve a poem - with a piece of visual art looking at it in a mirror or holding i upside down helps to pinpoint weaknesses - you all are my mirror, holding me upside down so that I see a poem through fresh eyes, from a new angle.
You always understand both what I say and what I don't.
I just submitted a poem and left a comment on one of the few that made it through for today. I did it the way I always have and had no problems. So whatever buggy thing was going on yesterday seems to have been fixed.
Merci, Laurel & Manu!
), and for all those kind people who have commented on my poems recently. I'm not sure about rewriting stuff that is so old--it feels more like archaeology to me, a surprising insight into how I once thought, felt and wrote. Are there things worth preserving there? I'm not sure, as I cast for other poems in the now.
