Criticize Not...?

Question

I read a thing, I don't enjoy, but do not criticise.
"Feel it. Just take it in.", are words, from the wise.
I leave it be, or, guide its author, gently;
I don't act as though "Poetry Heaven" sent me.
I need not, your words of dislike, for my rhyme;
Trust me, if you will, you're wasting your time.
Especially, if your own, are so impersonal;
you might as well, have pasted mine.

Mine are written, with feeling and thought.
Fame, is someone, they've never sought.

So, I give you, freely, a rhyme or two.
Brilliantly, you might criticise;
yet, still, I would not trade minds with you.
Accept my words, or not; be respectful.
Sheltered, you are not; by the title "Intellectual".

"Criticise", I say! I'll only ignore, and simply move my eyes.
Knowing criticism of poetry, is not a hobby of the wise.

Sorry I posted this 3 times..I was hitting refresh, when I shouldn't have been.

In response..
I was/am not looking for answers. The message of the poem, is that: poems are the thoughts and feelings of thier writers.
Which is also true of the poem itself.

If you don't enjoy it, why would you criticise it?

You're only proving my point, that the wise don't criticise, by criticising me with a statement about how you would have criticised me; while using words of mine, which you, apparently, didn't understand.

As I was saying, you've wasted your time with criticism, which wasn't worth the attention I'm paying it (which isn't much, I'm simply noticing it and using it as an explanation).

It's a poem, I was not telling you, personally, not to criticise me.

Actually, I hope to be criticised.. by someone with a better understanding of my poem, though.

For some reason, the answer I was referring to, isn't showing up; now that I've replied to it.

In response to "asking":
As I responded, to an answer which disappeared, I don't mind criticism at all.

The poem was about people using the word"Criticism" as a shield to do nothing but bash the poem...

I even said in the poem, that sometimes, I offer guidance to writers, which in my view, is different from what most call "Criticism"; which is normally just pointing out everything you could possibly dislike.

So, once again.. criticism is welcome; the poem was about criticizing intelligently.

Answer 1

I love you poem,it manages to bring out the emotions u feel
you challenge pple, infuriate the audience
its beautiful, who said peotry should be abt roses,and happy emotions. Have u ever read Othello--Shakespear, how the villian we love to hate gets to us and we feel angry and love to hate him. thats what ur peom is like, an offensive character taunting us right in our faces, if u had a live audience ud be plised w the response as pple are caught up in it
Excellence is when u get them to FEEL
I love ur rhyme scheme, the unpredictability of the peom,the authoritative yet taunting tone.
I think u should try takin it up seriously(poetry)
I think its good!!!! Five stars

Answer 2

HA! Excellent - I am a little jealous, again, about how quickly you can be inspired. Angry insulting poetry aside, I'll never be a fan of the rhyming. There's nothing you can say to change that just as there's nothing I can say to get you to stop. There are times when the formula works for you, like in that darker poem.

With that being said, if you'd prefer, I could just answer your poetry with "cool" or "good job." I just don't feel like that helps you at all. I only want to help because I'm a poet myself, but I'm pretty sure I could never pay the bills with it. With my own poetry I would love if I could get some positive (and maybe a little negative) feedback. Maybe sometime this weekend or early next week I'll post some of my stuff and you can blast me out of the water for not being able to rhyme as effectively (actually, I don't even try to rhyme because it is NOT my strong suit). So, this is the last time in my responses to your poetry I'll mention rhyming, unless I really like something you did with it. Keep it going and kudos for responding so quickly and efficiently to my unabashed critiques.

Answer 3

Well, two thoughts to ruminate on:

1. "If A equals success, then the formula is A = X + Y + Z. X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut."
-- Albert Einstein

2. "Have you ever noticed? Anybody going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac."
-- George Carlin

good luck

Answer 4

if u r in a shell....... remain there...... noone would criticize u..... there are thousands of poets who r waiting for the criticism..... well a nice musical poem.... i liked the thought as well as the style..... take criticism but for improvement not for depression.