The comment-junkie.
The hour was late. The poet fisher
placed his bait and cast it out
with just a title as a lure.
Would comments bite? He sat in doubt.
Before his cast, he’d checked the pond
To see if it was fully stocked
Sufficient numbers were at hand
But swift, his ego had been docked.
His title, filled him sore with rage
Titanically, sunk from the page
As carpet bombers blast on high
and potential readers, passed him by.
Then with the morn soon came torment
His virgin poem’s dowry, unspent.
How sad, this author’s conduct, then?
Deleting, to re-post again.
Ian. Don't flatter youself. This was written about a number of other writers on the Poemhunter site a few years back. I noticed that several of the more outspoken members would post a poem which showed on the main page. If no-one read/responded or commented within a few minutes, their poem would dissappear from the page, as some new writer would flood the page with his/her latest offerings. So, later in the day, when I saw the poem re-appear on the front page, I had to ponder on the poet's motives. These were blatant cases of self-deletion prompted by presumed ignorance of their work. I think anyone who posts on these web-sites, would be a little dissappointed to receive no feedback on their work, but how far would you take the rejection of what may merely be, a quiet day at the orrifice? ;¬)
The hour was late. The poet fisher
placed his bait and cast it out
with just a title as a lure.
Would comments bite? He sat in doubt.
Before his cast, he’d checked the pond
To see if it was fully stocked
Sufficient numbers were at hand
But swift, his ego had been docked.
His title, filled him sore with rage
Titanically, sunk from the page
As carpet bombers blast on high
and potential readers, passed him by.
Then with the morn soon came torment
His virgin poem’s dowry, unspent.
How sad, this author’s conduct, then?
Deleting, to re-post again.
Ian. Don't flatter youself. This was written about a number of other writers on the Poemhunter site a few years back. I noticed that several of the more outspoken members would post a poem which showed on the main page. If no-one read/responded or commented within a few minutes, their poem would dissappear from the page, as some new writer would flood the page with his/her latest offerings. So, later in the day, when I saw the poem re-appear on the front page, I had to ponder on the poet's motives. These were blatant cases of self-deletion prompted by presumed ignorance of their work. I think anyone who posts on these web-sites, would be a little dissappointed to receive no feedback on their work, but how far would you take the rejection of what may merely be, a quiet day at the orrifice? ;¬)