draculina

Well, I am wondering how to get a French passport.

You’re too pessimistic from your own viewpoint. This isn’t finished yet.

I was interested that you voted Fillon. It surprised me, though it shouldn’t have done, given your libertarianism.

I’m not a market enthusiast. I think markets are essential for economic growth, but they need to be…[Read more]

you are a real character, you know x

yeah, that’s gaslighting all right, tinks.

The response are all-important. A nasty look just encourages the gaslighter.

maybe say “I’m looking over there because you’re over here”.

Best of all is to get the hell out.

In the film A Portrait of a Lady, Nicole Kidman is well and truly gaslighted by john Malcovich. One of the most terrifying…[Read more]

Well, armed police and soldiers are there because there’s a state of emergency.

I wouldn’t worry too much. macron’s desire to reform the Euro is a good one, and Merkel may even concede to him once her election is over in September.

Very few people actually support Macron – about 16%, from what I gather.

The rest voted against Le Pen.

His…[Read more]

Doesn’t matter if it were directed at me.

It would fit me too, I guess, so it may as well be directed at me.

You have the gift of spontaneity in your imagination.

I guess you’re not French for the next five years then…

and here’s me wanting to be *sigh

I enjoyed that..you do have talent.

It doesn’t matter about rhyme. Rhyme is just one part of a poem.

No idea what that post is saying.

Shakespeare just turned in his grave with envy

Mizzy,

I was making a general point about personal feelings and poetry.

I agreed with you that this isn’t a literary review, it’s jc, one brings amusement and pleasure to some people when poems are posted, and not to others.

I think there is such a thing as a good poem and a bad poem, but I don’t want to bore people more than I have to (some…[Read more]

It is personal, but that just makes it more important to arm yourself against criticism.

This is jc, after all!

When something tragic happens to someone, the death of a loved one often, s/he can often feel driven to put their feelings in verse. It’s necessary, emotionally.

I hate to say this, but it doesn’t make a good, or even an acceptable,…[Read more]

I hardly go in the rooms, but when I do I notice that guides do join in the harassment, and take an active part in the quarrels.

Mizzy, write more. I like your poems. You have a good stance.

However I do know that poets get really over-sensitive about criticism. If you put it online, then expect people to react to it differently. If there’s anything that you can take on board, take it. If not, then say FU, as you did, but letting criticism stop you posting the poems…[Read more]

I know