I love Neopoets but haven't participated in a Workshop yet. It's not because I think I know it all, it's because I've read some activity in Workshops and have found a scary number of opinions in place of facts. I also consider that it may be redundant for me to take a workshop on narrative poetry when I've written 54 quatrain rhyming iambic pentameter narrative poems as a hobby. I must note though that when I contacted a longtime member and moderator of the workshop to see if I could get a critique to better decide whether the workshop would be a positive thing for me to attend, I was told sure, and three weeks later I have recieved no further reply. I recognize this is a labor of love and that everyone has a busy life but it didn't cause a great deal of faith in me in the workshop process.
I came in and applied to help in any way, not for ego's sake but because I have been looking for a serious poetry writer's forum for a very long time. I was told with great diplomacy that my help could not be used until I'd reached a month. All the while I was being asked to do things by other members and doing them to the best of my ability.
I believe I've been lucky because I've submitted a lot and so far, only one poem has been completely ignored. I've noticed others being ignored also. It's overstating to say that there seems to be a clique-like atmosphere here but I don't believe that statement would be entirely off the mark.
Maybe that's just the way it has to be. As thankful as I am for the site, as a fairly new member and participant, I wanted to express my opinions and observations from the last four weeks. I am thankful for the room and for the many kind and open poets I've found here. It was my consideration that those in charge would like to hear of the experience and opinion of a fairly new yet highly active poet.

Thanks,

Ron

It has been ingrained in me,not to whine nor hanker not to think

nor tinker
let them read
if they want to
and
go along the stream
if you have to.

Its been a long way
since I came from home
I'm a poet today not totally unknown...
a no nonsense ,
no nuance poet
yet you will see
my poetry is being read
by some to take me off
the unread ones

NO COMMENTS HERE!
why?

To that extent one should be happy
and
have a poetry to post ready ...

I think There's one still unread
hope someone shall scan it
ere I'm dead.

Though it may merit more then..............

loved, I enjoy your work and comments upon my work and think you write with great spontaneous poetic skill (Kerouac school perhaps?). Still in this case, I'm not sure what it is you're saying. It's hard to read whether what you're putting across is sarcasm or dead serious and whether you're supposing that some are scanning without commenting to get your poem off the unread list or simply using that as a bridge to make the point that it doesn't matter if people read your work. For me, I'm seeking anything that may resonate with me to try something else. I consider each comment and really mean knock me on my ass if someone has a criticism. I've also never been good at shutting up, even if I am speaking respectfully. If I critique a work, I tell what I think, I urge anyone reading mine or others' work to do the same. It's the only way that very important segment of the room is going to be effective.

Ron

precisely
you have summed it up well

to be in the Idea Gallery. How could it be regarded as 'Implemented' or even voted 'Support' or 'Dislike'? This should be a blog or forum.

I would suggest you either remove and repost it elsewhere or edit it severely so that it has one clear suggestion that can be implemented or not.

This comment makes no sense now at all, what did I miss?

The link to Ian's blog entry on this subject, FYI, is: https://www.neopoet.com/iant/blog/sat-2012-10-06-1040