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Question: What is the solution to this 'pome' vs 'poem' delimna!?
Rarely do my morning 'pomes'(as I now call them) have any pretense to real poetry!.!.!.yet there remains those individuals who insist on 'commenting on the lack of POETRY' in them!.!.!.!.uh, what gives with these 'critics'!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Speaking as a "newbie", if you'll pardon the intrusion, I didn't realise what a cliquey site I'd stumbled into!. May I stay, and perhaps become like you one day!?!Www@QuestionHome@Com

'Pome' isn't that in Italy!?!?!? How come if you see a word that is spelled correctly and you read it incorrectly it is a mental problem but whenever you see a word spelled incorrectly and read it correctly, it isn't a problem!.

The desire to point up each and every error a person might make in haste, is an indication of a deep rooted issue on the part of the correcter!. We all knew she meant poem and she's right, somedays they are pomes! Who needs critics!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

Some people like to bitc* about everything and have not a good word anything!. Sometimes I may not know what to say about the poetry, so I say nothing!. I enjoy free verse, if I feel what the poem says!. Got to get off my soapbox for dark elf has coffee for me and the Sol peeks from behind the clouds!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I think people like to find fault with things and it gives a false sense of security and intellect, instead they are like dark bubble says, more like buts! They have to be critical and can't see the humor in things or don't appreciate someones efforts! Not much we can do just grin and bear it!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Are you trying to flush pedants out of their holes with 'delimna'!? (shut up, Jill or your cover will be blown)

Newbies (which I was amongst, not so long ago) should learn to simply read first, absorb what is going on and then launch into critiques!.
I can remember thinking 'What!?' and 'Who!?' just a short time ago!.!.!.and now, my patience has been rewarded!.
I am honoured to know Snideley, and Felix, and Magic etc!. and their owners!Www@QuestionHome@Com

their hard drive is damaged!.!.!.!. they have not figured out yet that life is more funny than serious!.!.!.!.!.the rules of the democratic life escape the poet-engineers of this world!. !.

My mother used to say a critic was a legless man who teaches running!. She was quoting someone famous I think !. (and we thought that was ironic because she was criticizing the critic)!. Even poets can cease to be human when they start to be crabs!.!.!.!. etc!.etc!.etc!. nasty little vipers!.!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Maybe - in the intro - if you just add a line like - "just in jest" - it might set the tone better!. Say - hey, folks - this is just in fun ?
That would give the critics an ear up - that this "pome" is not for a rash review!. Just a suggestion ;-) ?Www@QuestionHome@Com

Hey there Missy!.!.!.!.you're doing great works or great works in the making!. Don't worry about the overzealous mental midgets!. We enjoy your posts!.
Over critical readers beware, many of us like Elysabeths pomes!.!.!.ryhyme in sequence or not!. We're gonna be watching you!.
Anybody that doesn't like em can be blocked!.
Enjoy it!.!.!.!.!.!.or not!!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Ms!. E!., it is just a way to lend a little credibility to some inconsequential minds, and give them a reason for existence!. They also serve to keep us from having medical conditions due to low blood pressure!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The difference between critics and audiences is that one is a group of humans and one is not!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Perhaps they have an allergy to barnyard fowl
Perhaps they are trying to kick a caffeine addicion
Perhaps they can't understand when a pome don't rhyme
Perhaps they are just buttsWww@QuestionHome@Com

Way to go GrandpaCobra!!! Ya took the words out of my mouth!!!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.And to think This is where Snidely lives!.!.!.I'm sure He has a Crack-a-doodle-ack!!!! to say

Critics be Damned !!!!.!.!.!.Don't like it !.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.Don't read anymore!!!!
HAVE A NICE DAY!!!Www@QuestionHome@Com

It will be ever thus!. Rest assured those comments come from people not familiar with your Morning pomes!. At least we know that some of the newbies are making an effort to read some poetry!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Keep doing what you are doing!. The newbie as Elaine coined will probably read the other comments and get the "bigger" picture!. Besides, we need poor Snidely to live on!Www@QuestionHome@Com

They can't help themselves!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

This is what us sciuntists call a microchasm!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Of course, poem should be pronounced pome sometimes; but when it is, poet must rhyme with boat!. Will you be our POTUS!?Www@QuestionHome@Com