The Strengths of MM, Some thoughts about this site Options

[jgdittier]

I've long found this site as the most magnetic on the internet. Yes, magnetic, strong in attraction, strong on repulsion!
Why?
As to repulsion, these factors:
The heavy commitment to pure verse
The lack of interest in meter, syllable counts sufficing,
The difference in pronunciations across the "pond"
The hi-tech aspect of it all (I'm illiterate cyber-wise)
The competitive aspect

As to attraction:
Your management
The talent available here
The fertility allover

I've found that my style, which I call "light verse" (sorta tongue in cheek), is really close to doggerel. Only one site, now extinct, has ever recognized a "room" for those few of us who are more motivated by humor and relaxed requirements than by pure poetry and a strong desire to improve per other's critiques.

I've been searching for a home for several years now that PoemsPlace went under.
I post now at six sites, none of which has a room suitable for those like Carroll, Field, Burgess, Pound, Auden, Shel..., Seuss, etc. I hope to belong with them

JUst had to make my thoughts known!
Cheers , Ron jgd