50 WAYS TO WRITE POETRY

We sometimes get impatient when we don't get an immediate response to a poem, but we also object when initial responses are limited to "Thank you" or "Great work", brief negative comments, or comments bawed on misunderstandings which could be quickly resolved by a second or third reading. So I often read a poem when I get here (with increasingly limitied time, that's not always every day), and if I have any questions or doubts or even wonder how to respond to a sensitive topic, wait for a while, even for a few days, reread the poem many times, and see what others have said.

Several poets post here occasionally, not on a regular basis. I wish they'd stop by more often. Poets don't need to have a finished poem ready or almost ready for publication to post here, and we don't rip each other apart. We don't need dozens of posts a day but we'd all gain from having more participation.