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His paper was ready, the ink still fresh shining the letters born out of his mind.2
He smiles in contentment liking what he looks at. "Yes, I’m happy with the result and if I’m happy perhaps others will like it too." With this thought, he let his paper become a public sight. 3
For his disappointment, the first reaction came in a negative way.4
Between the words shown he read a message "I didn’t like it, I'm not happy with your paper, and if I’m not happy it can't be good!"5
In an impulse, he took his paper away, but later he pondered and brought it back. "Arrogance will always be part of this world, but so will my thoughts."6
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Ah, you care don't you! This one embarassed me, because well no one ever really cared enough to make a stand for me. Welcome someone!
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Thanks Piglette. This account (MoxieLady) has all the poems I posted since I created it. My first account (MariGoes) had over the 350 poems and I did delete most of them. Still busy on revising and posting them on some other poetry site where Yem and I joined recently.
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Short with a good punch! I don't really use the delete option myself unless I want to make room for fresh work.
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I think I haven't expressed the message here as good as I wanted. I'm not saying that we aren't capable to receive a bad critique, if that was the case I had quit posting here a long time ago.
What I say is that some people think that their opinions are above any others. If they don't like a certain write that means the write is worthless. -
To write is a need in most of us, or we would not be here. To have that work accepted is also important.
But to know that what we write is not going to appeal to all is growth. To accept that there will only be a limited few that will understand and even bother to look for the message or meaning or cleverly hidden plot twist is hard, but if one does not want to write to the masses, one has to understand the masses will not be flocking to their door(or page).
There are few wealthy poets or short story writers and there is a reason, they do not sell, people do not read that much of it.
So we write what we write and we hope that one or two will find meaning in it.
If someone wants to trash my writing, I have a delete option and I am not afraid to use it. -
Yes indeed, the ones who point out (unsolicited) every "wrenched" syllable, or rewrite the poem instead of commenting. Arrogance comes in all shapes!
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You have wielded a wonderful message on this one mommy it's basically the same saying as if everyone fell in love with the same man or woman, then only two people of the whole worlds population would be able to live a happy life
We simply need a world where everyone has an own opinion and own favourite things... beautifully penned
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Officially I haven't commented. Well, I'm never happy with what I've written. Doesn't mean I don't enjoy it...I'm just never satisfied. But as the theme seems to be that everyone identifies with this...I do too.
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The thing here (I always say thing when I can't come quick with the word I want) is about some people who think that their opinion is of such a high level that if they don't like a work then it must be trash. I've read lots of writes I don't like, but I know that there are others who do like that same piece.
The arrogance lies on some critiquers' pen
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Mi querida hija,
Take it from El Padre that there are certain readers on this site who habitually rubbish the work of others for no other apparent reason than personal spite. Having, a long time ago been interested enough to check out their pages, I discovered that their own writings would scarcely have done credit to a
zombie. Rather than leaving an RTF comment on their drivel, I now ignore them in my arrogance, especially since one of their damning critiques happened to be of a work which I consider my best, which has won trophies in two contests and which has attracted much praise and many applauds from several of the best poets on this site.
I may 'tweak' a work in response to justified and helpful criticism but, once having decided to post it, I would never withdraw it because of the ignorance of some posturing smart-ass.
Applause, admiration, much love and hugs, XXX El Padre. -
This seems eerily familiar. It's very hard to go on in the face of discouragement. We need friends to accept if not praise our work, at least at the beginning, so we get confidence in ourselves. You have a good observation here, fight arrogance with more arrogance!
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Sounds very familiar. He's a temperamental guy isn't he!
I aguess there also some arrogance to hiding what wasn't we received. But I can't help what I am and it's easier to hide stuff than to suffer the consequences.
Am I projecting too much...this isn't about me.
You are a keen observer...should I thank you for that or wish you saw less?
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