Oh my!

I didn't intend to post this but...

First, thank you guys for your kind comments on my last post. I must say, though, the text was never really intended to be a poem, it was just a few words thrown in at random to match the photo.

Now I have to ask you this: do you really think the pitiful drivel posted there passes as poetry? And please be honest. I can stand constructive criticism better than flattery.

If the answer is yes, there are two possibilities: either I greatly underestimate my abilities or the standard of poetry posted on the web is alarmingly low. I am inclined towards the latter although I know there are a few golden nuggets hidden in the interweb mud. And not to confuse things, I am speaking strictly of poetry here.

One more thing I want to add to get my point across: I do practice one particular form of poetry, the shortest and perhaps the most controversial (some might even argue it is not poetry at all), and I know I am good at it. Publications in on line journals and a few awards go to prove it. But haiku is not the subject of this blog so you will probably never see it posted here. Occasionally, however, some random words thrown in in a desultory fashion may appear here. But is that poetry? You decide.