Bad Poetry Comments

YES - YES -YES - You define, deconstruct, hold up for ridicule, expose to its rotten core, trample, cut its Hydra heads, that sort of thing. It has to be done periodically, but I'm glad you took the initiative, because I am reluctant to tell the truth (Too many years of grading papers, tests, etc. - How do you tell someone they have a B- soul? that's my conundrum - but, , , ,) You have cleared the air. And it needed clearing so the GOOD POEMS can be clearly seen, which is their birthright as GOOD poems. How will people react to the stern truth? Defensively at first. Then slowly they will come to agree. THERE IS NO SYSTEMATIC LOVE OF THE IMAGINATION! We have to come back to this statement - it is the core issue of all creative writing, but especially poetry.