The discussion about 'authenticity' and having to edit a MA portfolio is proving to me that I nearly get poetry, not quite. I make sense of some poems, and can say it's quite clever how it does something. But any way of generalizing to the value of a poem is a complete bluff. The best impression of a critic I can do is to say that something is too mechanical, or that I like how I felt when it clicked a little. Any help? Cheers, Luke