Between The Lines

The amount of reviews I get by those who miss the point of my poetry, even when the point is directly stated either in the poem itself or the description, is actually starting to annoy me.

I wrote a poem once

About things often unheard

And those who reviewed were

Confused by my words

They missed the big picture

Only to pluck and pick the worst bits

Never seeming to understand what it all meant

How disheartening, I tend to think

That all my work becomes unseen

Reviews

[Chris]

In regard to your "Note" at the beginning - AND the poem:

I've actually been told that once a word leaves my pen's tip that it is no longer MY word - it thereafter belongs to the viewer/reader/listener to do with and understand as THEY will. And I really have noticed how true THAT saying is by the level of frustration peoples' lack of understanding/awareness of what was said remains inside me. I and others (including yourself) have experienced this so often AND have written about it as well. I have also just as often seen that others when later rereading some works find a totally different "take" on its content than the first or second (or even more) reading they had. Seems life and experience work toward changing perceptions in ways we may not always appreciate - people often just don't "get-it" because they may not (at a particular time, or within their memory) have experienced a perception that equals our own ...even WE are known to have such happen - "History so often repeats itself."

Clarity AND details count - toward meaning and perceptions ...daylight isn't always sunny but it's still daylight til the darkness arises within our eyes and mind.

[John the Baptist]

That's one of the gambles of writing. Despite our best efforts, we can still be misunderstood.