Maelstrom

A man is pitched through the door
by blasts from steppes.
Scrub and cactus land,
Earth’s belly has been ripped open,
giving birth to grit and death.
Gloom is ushered in by a maelstrom of dust.
Tumbleweed scratches at windows,
spidery skeletons seeking shelter
from relentless wind.

I'm removing some poems momentarily because they've been nominated for a competition elsewhere. Others are in a book I've been working on and I don't want problems with the publishers.
I can put them back in due time. My apologies. Gracy

This option has got to go. It is against the very spirit of Neopoet,it is cowardly and a cop out,

I am sure in good time the Monthly Newsletter would be back in place which is a point of interest for students/amateurs like me...

Recently when i read a poem by Coleridge posted by Seren during Valentine's Day...it took a while for me to absorb the essence of that poem but honestly i wasnt able to grasp it completely..hence this suggestion...

Bu some people are posting several poems every day. This says something about them, that hey don't care about feedback or working on their work.

I would like to ignore them but there is always the nagging feeling I will miss a gem.

Remember that one-a-day was voted in democratically on the old Neopoet and I would expect it to come up again.

This new option, available when posting a poem, was intended for use with poems that have been submitted for publication and can not be changed.

Even for that purpose an argument could be made that those poems no longer have a place in a poetry workshop environment, however it is good to have them here if the revision history is available to see how the poem has developed.

But, the option is being used just to avoid responding to feedback. If it is kept at all it should perhaps read "Submitted for Publication" or something unambiguous like that.

enjoy poems.

Firstly, as a point of explanation, below are the definitions of a Workshop and a Program:

• Workshop - a workshop exists for a finite time and all participants start and end at the same time.
• Program - a program is an open ended endeavour that can last much longer.

I am focused on Workshops only at this time.

As a guideline, please review the following:

Please let me know any ideas you have for the Workshops,

regards,

HS

ps. apologies for not responding sooner, but I was denied access to the forum, a technical issue, now resolved!