[Stylist] Advice on how to critique a poem

[llambert at zoominternet.net]

Vejas, writing a poem and reading a poem go hand in hand. 
I think you will gain some answers to your question by reading this article
on poetry reading.
https://poets.org/text/how-read-poem-0


Poetry is  every aspect of life - you can reach out and touch anything that
is within your reach, and you can make a poem from the experience of that
moment. 
The intention to write a poem; the decision to reach out to touch; the
contact of your finger tips with the object; every sense you use in this
process of touching, reaching, and connecting;  every memory that comes
flooding into your thoughts as you evaluate and experience the meaning of
your act or of memories of this place, time, experience, or desires for the
future - whatever comes to you.  It is about using your entire body  in the
exploration and creation of the poem that comes through you.  The poem is
inside of your entire body - every aspect of who you are - your own life in
this moment. 
Enjoy the adventure into a new way of creating - Lynda
 

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From: Stylist <stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Vejas Vasiliauskas
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Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 2:22 AM
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Cc: Vejas Vasiliauskas <alpineimagination at gmail.com>
Subject: [Stylist] Advice on how to critique a poem

Hi everyone, 
I would really appreciate some thoughts on this. I'm not much of a poet,
only occasionally writing something I keep for myself if I want to express
my feelings. I know many of you are poets, though. I'm aware that there are
tons of different ways to structure a poem. 
I have some classmates who write poems and feel really unsure how to
critique them, even though I listen to my teacher giving them feedback.
She'd sometimes ask the student to change a word or a thought, even though
that might change the meaning of the poem. Sometimes it seems like their
poems are written based off real events in their lives, yet other times it
seems that poems can be created with random thoughts and still sound nice.
There have also been times where people make upper-case words lower-case,
such as "mother" instead of "Mother" intentionally. 
This week my teacher cancelled class and she likes it when we email each
other feedback. I feel I don't really know where to start, and would
appreciate it if I could have some general advice on how these of you who
write poems would like them to be critiqued. I'm sorry if this  email is at
all confusing, but I just want to know what to look for when critiquing a
poem. 
Thanks, 
Vejas   
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