It's good and dead, long live zombie poetry.

I have to voice my agreement with Bill. I often find it very painful to edit and rewrite my words, but I also realize I must do this in order to improve. It is all in the attitude of the writer and exactly how they see a "critique" I have joined many many sites and so often they are just useless where members continually pat each other on the back and say good job...whether it is or not. Real critique or a "bad" review are met with a warning or sometimes a banning from the site. I am reminded of the Junior Soccer Teams where parents didn't want one team to lose and the other to win... just play and call it a tie game so the children don't feel bad. Well, maybe they should feel bad, maybe they would work harder to achieve excellence instead of becomeing lazy and apathetic.

We have all seen the writer (and I use the term fairly loosely here) that is upset with a rejection or that they did not win a Poetry competition (no matter if the competition prestigious or humble) Or the writer..and many know the type I mean...that look for other reasons of prejudice for their rejections rather than look squarely at the quality they produce!

I think we need to continue to expect excellence even if only in our little corner of this literary world.