That's fair  
But so many words  
Kills the mood.

That's a bit narrow minded don't you think? The new poem condemns child abuse so doesn't that line up with your beliefs?

No. I will never condone any poems about child abuse. The original version wasn't boring. It was wrong.

Would you have preferred:  

    **Parenting 101**

    There is no sane way  
    To hit a child.  
  
This original version  
Was judged by critical faculties  
Too boring.

First of all, the poem itself lacks substance. The subject is horrendous and distasteful, and the title doesn't offer anything to clear up the meaning. I guess the shortness of the piece gives it shock value? But with two line poems, you need to bring out a lot of meaning with few words. Here, the piece just asserts that there are many ways you can hit a child, which, as I've said before, is a distasteful subject that I don't believe even deserves feedback.

Secondly, you shouldn't whine and groan about giving feedback. This community is about improving as writers, and to be quite frank, your feedback does nothing to contribute to that. It's arrogant and simply doesn't help. Making some slipshod poem that basically tells someone you think their poem is low quality is kind of a dick move. I hope that if you stay here longer, you realize that if you were to receive the kind of feedback you give, you'd certainly be upset, and your writing wouldn't get any better. Feedback is about helping

**Thanks for hope**  

Thank you for not moving  
Because the neighbor is  
Horrendous and distasteful.  
Peer pressure might help.

I'm removing this because your feedback is insubstantial and does not help the writer at all. In the future please remember to leave substantial and respectful feedback.  Thank you.

There is no one way  
To hit a child.  
  
&amp;nbsp;  

    They told me I had to link to two pieces of criticism  
    Before you can read my work:  
1.  [You suck.](https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/comments/5d83ki/bitch_be_heartiess/)  
2.  [You smell.](https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/comments/5d796a/untitled/)  




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