Why Do Some Members Rate Their Own Poems? ... Poem by Shaun Cronick

Thank you Dominic and Long John Silver all alone on said island will eventually starve himself when poets get wise and maroon this odious pirate there. Thanks again good sir and keep writing.

Thank you Cowboy that's very kind of you and why else indeed, sometimes things and people just don't ring true.

That's a great point (no pun intended) you make Shaun. Did you know that someone is now disguising himself or perhaps herself, if you know what I mean, as the dastardly Long John Silver and is providing lots of points for himself/ herself? Surely he, or she, will soon take over Treasure Island and we'll surely all be damned! ! ! i say this with tongue placed firmly in my cheek Anyway, it's a treacherous 10 from me!

Of course you are correct. Some people rate their own poems to inflate their scores and their egos. Why else?