Point well made for sure Ron..I, myself, am here to vent, invent
and prevent brain atrophy..lol..Since my Mom has Alzheimer's disease, and as a nurse, I know it is good to think, and then think often, write, or whatever it takes to be...Be a brain feeder...Thank you for the whole of your writing...

Sandy

I appreciate your wit and humor and the meaning behind it all, Ron. Love and peace to you,

Regis

Hilariously captivating, and such a playful ending!
I'm sure I'm the most clueless one here. Honest!
Love,
Christine

Slapped in the first verse, bashed and called-out, understanding and reaching, teaching, self-teasing and, the last two lines, well they hurt, and hope, at the same time.. Could be a song, Ron.

Erin Elizabeth Kelly-Moen

Well, you could look at it that way, but a lot of now famous poets and writers were flops while they were alive...Poe and Meklville for two...Money is nice, butn if you're a writer you gotta write whether the money's there or not.

This was fun.

"Possessive is all it's [it is], and it's so nice,"

I tried to get Eileen, when she taught English in the public schools, to use this example for the it's / its conundrum..."It's the shits."

Perfectly intuitive. She refused. No appreciation of science. Patrick

Ron, you are a trip!

The un-rhyme of the last line is the real killer! (Not that poetry has to rhyme, but in this poem, it does until that line)
Some of us cringe at grammatical errors and wrong spelling. In fact, I don't use the word misspelling because I'm not sure if it has 1 or 2 esses!
I have learned to overlook those things, although I sometimes send a message to the author to let them know of a typo, if it is an author who is usually more accurate.
When commenting, you can either examine the form and style, etc., or you can sense the emotion behind the poem and respond to the message.
I like a poem that touches my heart in some way.
Interesting criticisms you bring up, Ron, and written in an entertaining way!
Connie

Oh My Gawsh! This is so fun & funny Ronald, I love your way of poking fun...snickers....Vickie :-)

Ron: The development of reading comprehension is a lifelong process that changes based on the depth and breadth of texts the person is reading. Reminds me of a famous book "Are You My Mother?"

God Bless You,
Deborah

Ron, I absolutely love this!! Big smiles as I so enjoyed reading Clueless. ~Valerie~ : )

RON ... ONE MAN'S 'TEA' IS ANOTHER'S 'POISON'!

I ONCE LEARNED THAT:
"IF A STUDENT DOESN'T LEARN, THEN THE TEACHER DIDN'T TEACH!

MIGHT APPLY TO WRITERS AND READERS ALSO?

Ron, your rendering reminds me of the Paul Simon song, "Bleecker Street - in which Paul dutifully proclaims, "the poet reads his twisted rhymes, holy holy is his sacrament, thirty dollars pays the rent" - the royalties are always late and as for the door to fame, well, it's always locked - love the satire but even more appreciate the biting truth our lot faces, writers and poets - I wish you love, peace and fame my dear friend - Jon Michael

what can I say, Ron! we need not cover the truth! we just have to try and cope with it, whilst we keep on writing!

i'm sure this accomplished just what was intended...remarks from those that STILL don't get 'you' and some of your condesending works...this being the best. i imagine one waiting for each 'offthetarget' review to pop up to re affirm these judgements...there were however 3 that are not 'clueless'

As my Dad used to say..'It takes all sorts...'...We all know the quality of what we write I think...and sometimes we makes it and sometimes not...I'm here to learn from others and to practise also...Aren't you?
Diana...

Comedy or Drama...it is what it is...*Ron*
once written..for one's own interpretation..
perhaps to get what is needed out of it from
your reader being the perception of a mission
accomplished in that light for satisfaction!!!

Lady Vivian

We're all 'clueless', just trying to find our way each day.

Donna

authors are good and so are poets with lots of matter ...i love poetry...it brings joy, love laughter,cry and much much more..... Good wishes

methinks the point is to never take oneself seriously, or to expect beautiful flowers to sprout from the compost of poor composition ...

Furiously male deposits on high form grandfather poet's demise. May he rest in poetic obscurity at last. Well said for a AD'er I admire.

Thanks, Ron for the great comeback to all our gladhanding.

Starman

I know all about stink, as what I write seems to do so quite a great deal, but write I still do, relaxing me in the process & reading of urs & others I will continue, for I need to know how to write better & then again sometimes worse...e

Ah, Ron I just love to write and as John said muddle through this was a cleverly written piece indeed Laura

Smiling, difficult to assess a content when not knowing the person. Poetry is a fantastic way to try to read into the writer. It helps spark the mind, it makes us think and gives us all visual pictures. It touches many of us and so often many will put themselves in that place. Wonderful poem, I echo John... "we muddle through"

Love and Light
Lily

..and still we muddle through, Ron,
we muddle through

john

Perhaps if we are all missing the point of your poetry you should re-examine if you are presenting what you want your readers to know clearly enough. All poets and authors are not full of bullshit but are definately filled with a desire to express what they want to say in their own unigue way. Spelling, punctuation, proper form etc are all wonderful things but to me it is what the poem says to me.
fee

Dreams of the naive and unknowing replace reality, at least for a short time. Poetic license does have it's limits too.

Eddy

Fortunately, poetry takes on many shapes. There are dozens of styles and tastes. . Some rhyme, others don't. Some are very sophisticated, others not so much so. (that’s where I come in) I'm with Jerry on this point however; AD is not a place for hard nosed critique. We're all friends, of a sort and for the most part, we just want to share our thoughts with each other. ...

I hear what you're saying, but there is a time and a place. Sometimes we all have to bite our tongue.

In my case, I figure my crap to quality ratio is about 10 to 1. If everyone here on the Den were serious with their critique, I’d have stopped posting long ago. I’m only here for a good time, but hopefully I’m learning a little as I go. Please don’t expect perfection. Remember, we're giving it away, not selling it. Dick

Ron,
Struck us all and made me chuckle just remember you're one of us.
thanks for the laugh I needed it.
Budd

Oh, you kid!!

Jane Noponen Perinacci

"So busy backslapping and insecure,"
Yeah. I have been guilty of that and will be again. AD isn't the place for indepth critique.

"mistake some trash for poem of the year."
You know, Ron, people like what people like.

You come off as an elitist, satire or not.

Ah, but the "wannabe" is but a fictitious glow of reality's wink. To create is innate, and to look for compensation is counterintuitive to its need. But, hey, everybody needs to label themselves, so poets we'll be... for now.