RE: Major update to 100 Days of Poetry Challenge [Day 53]
Thank you for weighing in, Niish. I did mention in many of my updates that I reserved the right to change how the challenge operates, and it wouldn't have been feasible to institute something like this with a large number of poets.
I can empathize with what you're saying and I know would be content with the operation staying as it is. But I'm not really happy with the quality of interactions that I see between poets in this community. People tend to stay in their own "hollers" and peep out, to tiny degrees. I was envisioning something more substantial, more intense.
Now that we've all written and shared poetry nearly daily for 50 days, it should be almost second nature. In order for this to remain the challenge it was intended to be, I think people need to come more out of their comfort zones if they want to take their craft to the next level. My personality is usually to just allow people to do this at their own pace, but unfortunately my experience is that they do not do so without a significant nudge.
If you have some ideas about how I might be able to do this better, please don't hesitate to let me know, here or privately.
I think my response to @tygertyger pretty much sums up what I feel would be more judicious.
I’m not trying to change anyones mind, that is folly.
It has been a great pleasure and I thank you.
As I said I am grateful to have found a few more people in the world that inspire me and that is a Win.
Best of luck to everyone. <3