It blows my mind that people are okay with most poetry. It blows my mind that in a workshop, people treat it as "pass/fail," like "I like this poem. I can relate to this line. success! don't change a thing!" or "I mean, it's not like, for me, having no punctuation at all "breaks" the poem. I mean, punctuation is a headache. It doesn't make or break a poem." "A poem is where you can be you!" or "I like the ambiguity." No you don't. It wasn't intentional. It was not crafted. It cannot be liked just because you, personally, inserted yourself there. Not in a workshop. Not with hope for improvement. In a reading? Pass/fail. On paper, improve. {says I}