Re: George Dance's Trusted Source and Only Friend rates his poetry

> Cujo DeSockpuppet wrote:
> [email protected] (NancyGene) wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
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>> Cujo DeSockpuppet wrote:
>> [email protected] (NancyGene) wrote in
>> news:[email protected]:
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>> Michael Pendragon wrote:
>> George J. Dance’s poetry rates roughly a 3.5 out of 10 from a
>> traditional literary criticism perspective, reflecting its nature as
>> informal, self-published digital verse rather than canonical
>> literature.Context and StylePlatform: George J. Dance is a
>> Toronto-based independent writer known for maintaining online spaces
>> like Penny's Poetry Pages Wiki and publishing collections like
>> Doggerel, and other Doggerel.Content: His writing leans heavily into
>> conversational commentary, political observation, and light verse
>> (as the title Doggerel self-acknowledges).Critical
>> BreakdownTechnical Craft (3/10): The verse often lacks the tight
>> meter, rich figurative language, and structural ambition expected of
>> high-literary poetry, frequently reading more like journal entries
>> or prose chopped into line breaks.Originality and Voice (4/10):
>> While sincere and unpretentious, the themes are largely derivative
>> of everyday political blogging and internet-era musings rather than
>> breaking new stylistic ground.Authenticity of Purpose (5/10): The
>> work scores higher if judged not as high art, but as a transparent,
>> niche digital archive of personal and political commentary shared
>> freely online.
>> 
>> By comparison, the Trusted Source gave Will Dockery a 6 out of 10.
>> It gave me a 6 out of 10 as well (I'm considering cutting my
>> throat)... but hey, at least I scored almost twice as high as Dunce!
>> 
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>> George Dunce got lower points because most of his poems are
>> co-written by Moose, and Moose are known more for their munch than
>> their meter.
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>> That's funny. My pomes got an 8 out of 10.
>> 
>> How trusted can that source be?
>> 
>> --
>> "I've known for over a year that this guy is the assassin of the
>> Usenet poetry community. When I first arrived, I thought he was
>> keeping the lights on in a dead group by reposting from archives. I
>> soon realized that he was just endlessly reposting his own stuff,
>> that he had killed the group by flooding it, and that most of the
>> people he called "trolls" were actually the members of the group.
>> I've joined the crowd. I'm done trying to work with him and speak
>> reason to him. It's exhausting and pointless." - Little Willie
>> Douchebag gets another asskicking from The One True Melissa
>> 
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>> It is a true and honest source, untouched by bias.
>> 
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> I think Dreckweasel's rating was missing a decimal point before the "6"!
> 
> ..6 out of 10 would be a little more in line from a talentless fool with
> reading comprehension issues.
> 
> --
> "I've known for over a year that this guy is the assassin of the Usenet
> poetry community. When I first arrived, I thought he was keeping the
> lights on in a dead group by reposting from archives. I soon realized
> that he was just endlessly reposting his own stuff, that he had killed
> the group by flooding it, and that most of the people he called
> "trolls" were actually the members of the group.
> I've joined the crowd. I'm done trying to work with him and speak reason
> to him. It's exhausting and pointless." - Little Willie Douchebag gets
> another asskicking from The One True Melissa




They don't understand decimals in Shitholeville, and even if they did, they pronounce it "DESS mills."  "Look it up." 


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