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5/19/2010 10:11:33 PM Spade Sincuna Posts: 28	Hello there! You can call me Spade. I'm on a current layoff from writing poetry for about a year now, oddly enough, its working well for me... Sup?!
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5/20/2010 12:29:16 PM Rauwolfia Ra Posts: 2	Hi, I've written poetry for as long as I could remember, am excited to meet new poets and read their work. -- R.R.
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5/20/2010 12:31:43 PM Rauwolfia Ra Posts: 2	Spade, I don't think I’m in a position to welcome you, since I'm probably just as new as you, but welcome anyway. -- R.R.
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5/20/2010 6:00:16 PM Joe Flach Posts: 15	Spade, for what its worth, I absolutely loved your critique on the "Dreaming" poem. I think many poeple here do a TERRIFIC job of stringing together beautiful words with wonderful flow - but miss continuity of thought, idea or message. You took the time to try to understand the poem beyond simply judging the rhyme, meter and/or flow. Very insightful - in my humble opinion. I would welcome that kind of critique and insight - no holds barred approach to any of my poems. Welcome to the soup and dont let the defensive postures stop you from sharing your opinions. After all - the poem was posted in the High Critique thread. Joe
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5/20/2010 8:52:24 PM Spade Sincuna Posts: 28	Hey Rauwolfia, I think we're all kind of new in this board. I used to write frequently as well. Thanks, Joe. You make sense. A sharp critique is actually one of the ways into testing an amateur writer where they are at. If they can take criticisms no matter how harsh they are or defend them accurately (in a poetry related manner) then they would obviously have potential to getting better. Sadly even writers who have been writing for years don't get better when they shrug off criticisms...
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5/21/2010 9:08:25 PM Spade Sincuna Posts: 28	Hey Catie, same here, though I have only tried some formed poetry a few times.
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5/22/2010 12:39:13 PM Spade Sincuna Posts: 28	Thanks Chris! haha
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5/23/2010 2:14:41 PM aneysa churchwell Posts: 25	hey !
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