Apr 29, 2003 01:13 PM
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(Updated Apr 29, 2003 01:14 PM)
WARNING !!! THIS SITE CONTAINS MATERIAL THAT IS CONSIDERED UNAPPROPRIATE FOR INTELLIGENT PEOPLE !!!
Enter only if you have no brains …
Terms of agreement:
You are an aspiring poet (enthu)
You don’t have any common sense
You haven’t read reviews on Poetry.com at MouthShut.com
You like to get cheated
You are a stupid
I want the above to be the index page for the POETRY.COM website. For I made the same mistake two years ago… A friend of mine one day asked me what to do with 1000 dollars, I laughed over him saying that I only knew of Murugan Dollar that one can get at the Palani temple! Then he opened a huge postal cover over which it was printed POETRY.COM and a small verse from Robert Frost’s poem. I was shocked to see the stamp … “US Postal Dept.” Oooops !!! It’s real man !!! Inside was a somewhat nice poem, “You” signed as “V.Karthikeyan”, my friend. The people at poetry.com said that they liked the poem and wanted to include that in their book of poems also they will include it in a tape if he agrees…
I never tried writing poems till then, but having the above mentioned qualifications (Terms of agreement) at that time, that night I sat and wrote a beautiful poem (atleast for me), “Queen of the Night” and submitted on Poetry.com. I was impressed by seeing “Please wait, searching over billion poems …” on the website and was delighted. A month passed and I almost forgot about the matter, but suddenly I got the same postal cover and I jumped here and there for nothing …
What is wrong about this site? Nothing… it does nothing and u gain nothing (except for the post). It is not even worth a fraction to the MOUTHSHUT.COM. It seems these people are just cheating you. Even if you submit “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star…” You are likely to get the post ! (exaggerated) You don’t even get any opportunity to share your poem effectively among people and receive any comments on it. Then what is the use of this sit?
But I found ONE BIG ADVANTAGE !!! It has grown in me a passion for writing poems and I still continue this. If you like to read my poems, I’ll send you if u mail me at jazzyabis@rediffmail.com hope u’ll like it. Other than this there is nothing on this site. Even though it has interesting competitions like motion poetry etc. I fails to thrill and lacks substance and character, I doubt they give any prizes. Now that you have learnt about this site try to keep away from it and being goofed. Recently they have also removed INDIA from the list of Nations, thanx INDIANS wont get baffled any more. BEWARE !
One more suggestion: I think everyone at MouthShut have a beautiful language, why not we have a poetry page at mouthshut.com ?
