Lawrence Beck
Your way seems to have worked well for you, Tom. You write good poetry. I think of writing a poem as being like baking bread: take it out of the oven, briefly examine it for flaws, and serve it warm.
2021-12-10

jim
Before the internet I wrote poems, put them in a drawer and revisited them over time, and at the end of the year I would bind that year's poem in a booklet.

Looking back at those poems I'm not sure the mellowing process added much. I still find changes to be made, and edits that I missed.

I agree that posting and seeing a poem through others' eyes is a very good thing, but not "hot off the press."

There you go, can't win for losing!

I appreciate you tackling this subject.
2021-12-10

Griffonner
I like this because it encourages thought.
I can see where you are coming from.
I am a great advocate for 'artists license' though, and think that when a piece of my work is readied and committed to 'publishing' it should by then be saying what I want it to say. After that, others may critique it, but it will always stand as a statement of the way I was thinking at the time I wrote it. What we can do is revisit the topic of a work at a later stage and write new thoughts.
A great share, thank you.
2021-12-10

a poem grows
or turns flat in time?
2021-12-10