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Format What's That

Hey friends well here's the scoop I really like this website Poetry Soup I don't know how to format I'm really bad with grammar Sometimes when I proof read my poems They look like letters from the slammer It took me three days to write the one 'bout Sun and Sand Then I put through a grammar site and didn't understand They said everything was correct I didn't need their aide Then they said my writing level was about third grade I don't think that was my idea of constructive criticism They didn't have to say 3rd grade they could've used a Euphemism They said I need to learn new words and to not repeat I felt like throwing my lap top right into the street But then I looked at comments and wouldn't ya know it My friends on Poetry Soup said I am a poet!!!!!! Thank you Constance, Rob, Jan and everyone else who knows how to constructively criticize and for all the compliments. Happy Writing 2021!! 01/10/2021

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Terry Flood

Date: 1/14/2021 3:05:00 PM

Hey Evelyn, I like your poem and feel your pain. I never use grammar tools or syllable counters. I mean ‘Fire’ can be one syllable or two... and that is for a human to decide, not a piece of software. As for grammar... PLEASE! If some piece of software tells me that I can’t say, ‘I get where you’re coming from’ then it is it that is lacking, not moi. You write as you write... when you’re a rich and famous poet, the critics will refer to it as ‘you’re style’. Thanks for the chance to rant! Terry.

Constance La France

Date: 1/12/2021 6:58:00 AM

Evelyn, great poem, I am a believer in poems with raw emotion, the grammar may not be perfect but is full of the poets feeling so just write your poems and always be willing to try new forms _Constance

Eve Roper

Date: 1/10/2021 7:51:00 PM

I love your poem, Evelyn, I feel just like you. It is a shame that our grammar check states our vocabulary is lower than third grade; and rules of formatting a poem. I like free verse it really doesn’t have any limits almost everything is correct. Hugs Eve