Constructive Criticism

A free verse poem in honor of Constructive Criticism

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Constructive Criticism is

Seeing the Beauty that lies within

The diamond in the rough

The elegance obscured

 

Constructive Criticism is

Having the strength to speak your mind

The courage to share your views

The generosity to help another

 

Constructive Criticism is

Working together to improve a piece

To smooth away rough edges

To strive for perfection

 

Every writing is worthy of,

Whether it be a story, book or poem,

Whether it be awful, average or amazing,

Constructive Criticism

 

And every author everywhere

Should thank their lucky stars

That such a thing exists as

Constructive Criticism

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For those of you interested in providing Constructive Criticism, the Constructive Critics group has come up with Constructive Criticism outlines click here to check them out and feel free to use them!  You can also put this poem in your library so you can easily come back and find the outlines.

Cheers,

Lawrence

And one more time for convenience sake:

Click Here to go the the dropbox folder with the Constructive Criticism Outlines

Author's Note

Please let me know what you think! I'm looking for Constructive Criticism... ;)

Reviews

[lissalovesyou]

I completely agree. Yes, we all need constructive criticism. And here is yours:
I like the subject and the structure of this poem, but perhaps you should switch the order? You don't have to, I think it would read better if you switched the 1st and 2nd stanzas. I think the 3rd stanza goes well together with the 1st stanza, since both of them sort of relate to diamonds(how you can turn something rough and raw into a beautiful polished diamond).
This is just another idea, but I really like the way you included how it is similar to diamonds. Maybe you could edit the other stanzas and add in more about the diamond. I think it would be great if you had more comparisons.
lissalovesyou:)

[LawrenceRaybon]

Hi, thanks for the review! It's funny, I didn't even make the connection between the diamond in the 1st stanza and the reference to smoothing edges in the the 3rd stanza, nice catch.

I think I still might keep the order because it mirrors the Constructive Process.
Stanza 1: You read a piece and see how it can be better
Stanza 2: You pluck up the courage to leave constructive feedback
Stanza 3: The feedback is used to make the story better and everybody wins
Stanza 4: Everything can benefit from a little constructive feed back
Stanza 5: So be happy it exists.

It's set up to tell a story and if I changed the order I don't the the story would work.

Again thanks for the Review!

[lissalovesyou]

Ah, I see. Now that I know it is sort of a story, the poem makes a lot more sense. Earlier(no offense) the order seemed a bit random to me, but after you tell me this, you should keep it the way it is.
lissalovesyou:)

[LawrenceRaybon]

No offense taken! The beauty of poetry is that each reader can (and probably will) see something different.

[Zahra]

i agree with what this poem says about constructive criticism. We don't find constructive critics easily, critique in itself is an art and a science. My drawing teacher was my favourite critic, he used to evaluate every point of the work in question without making one feel they're being insulted or flattered. I think this group is also doing a good work, inspiring. I hope the constructive criticism trends flourishes on wc

[LawrenceRaybon]

Glad you liked it!
Viva la critique constructive

[Sami Khalil]

This was a wonderful write on this subject. Seeing the good and not demean and put down the authors for every write is like a gem to its writer...Bravo , sir...:).........

[LawrenceRaybon]

Thank you!

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome...:)............