Plastic Flowers https://bdelectablemnts.runboard.com/t1518 Runboard| Plastic Flowers en-us Fri, 29 Mar 2024 14:02:19 +0000 Fri, 29 Mar 2024 14:02:19 +0000 https://www.runboard.com/ rssfeeds_managingeditor@runboard.com (Runboard.com RSS feeds managing editor) rssfeeds_webmaster@runboard.com (Runboard.com RSS feeds webmaster) akBBS 60 Re: Plastic Flowershttps://bdelectablemnts.runboard.com/p10279,from=rss#post10279https://bdelectablemnts.runboard.com/p10279,from=rss#post10279You guys have got me completely confused now, which brings us back to our recent debate about critique vs. criticism. I WANT response to my poetry, positive or negative. I want people to say: ‘This poem works for me. I like this poem.’ or ‘This poem makes no sense. I hate this poem.’ I made a similar statement here in the comment thread of my poem ‘On Becoming One With the Universe’, which I can’t seem to find. I also encourage questions about my poems. All I object to are the ‘re-writers’ (whom I have encountered on a number of sites…no names), those who say: “You should change the word ‘black’ to ‘blue’”, or “You should say ‘banana tree’ instead of ‘apple tree’”. Even William Logan and Joan Houlihan don’t try to rewrite a poem. They just say: I think this is good or I think this is bad and this is why. Does this make sense? GBFnondisclosed_email@example.com (GaryBFitzgerald)Sat, 08 Oct 2011 22:18:50 +0000 Re: Plastic Flowershttps://bdelectablemnts.runboard.com/p10262,from=rss#post10262https://bdelectablemnts.runboard.com/p10262,from=rss#post10262Poem moved to the forum Chalkboard and Billboard, and for reasons already given. If you, in fact, want the critical comment on the poem let me know. Terenondisclosed_email@example.com (Terreson)Sat, 08 Oct 2011 14:21:20 +0000 Plastic Flowershttps://bdelectablemnts.runboard.com/p10249,from=rss#post10249https://bdelectablemnts.runboard.com/p10249,from=rss#post10249           Plastic Flowers Little pot of plastic flowers on the front porch table. They look so realistic, two or three different kinds and colors complete with perfect little plastic stems and thorns and leaves. A genuine spray of these would cost a pretty dime. But you can tell that these aren’t real because they’re growing dingy, becoming dull, coated with grime, neglected by time and dusty. Not like the real ones, fresh and clean, a rainbow of petals and growth and leaves glowing with living, vibrant green. You can always tell the real ones because one day they aren’t there. Copyright 2010 - Ponds and Lawns-New and Corrected Poems (Originally from HARDWOOD-77 Poems, Gary B. Fitzgerald, c. 2008)nondisclosed_email@example.com (GaryBFitzgerald)Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:15:57 +0000