The unmentionable poetry site with which I have been
associated for a number of years requires the participants to
review and comment on two works of fellow poets before
allowing you to post one of your own.
However, should you elect to pay them a nominal subscription
fee of 5-dollars per month, their ludicrous rule will be waived.
(Greedy wankers!)
Given my ofttimes selfish tendencies yet sometimes sparingly
meted magnanimity, pursuant to my frequent auspices and
philanthropic disposition, I refuse to comment on anyone
else’s written work.
The editors request that the critiques offered be constructively
thoughtful and kind. I find much of the work posted by wannabe
poets for review and scrutiny is pure crap. I’d rather hold my
cynical opinions to myself. There is, after all, still a pretense of
decent social etiquette lingering in me.
On occasion, I find my own poetry may be lacking in conventional
style and content, but I do have my dignity and a liberal set of values
and principals to follow.
No need to reply. Burn, shred or delete this op-ed when you’re done.
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Chris Hanch 10-25-2021
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