Dear Poescience (I will call you that only this one time, here):

Hope you enjoy the book. Let me know what you learn from reading it.

As far as writing groups, I belonged to one and would like to share with you the following point: be aware. Who are these other people who will be critiquing your work? In my experience they critiqued my grammar and such things as not using “…” Looking back there was no value for it for me. A few of the writers there used perfect English, an amazing vocabulary, very imaginative scenes, characters but they lacked a story, a meaning, for me. I like your writing because although it has good images, it also has meaningful messages to pass on.

In critiquing writing, you have to consider WHO is the person critiquing, what is their motivation in writing. If they are interested in entertainment only, they may not appreciate the valid messages in your writing.

There is one thing I thought about regarding your poems: because a whole lot of people, especially younger people, are quite impatient, it could be a good idea for you to cut off the length of the various poems, sort of to cut the portions. So each poem is presented as 4-5 shorter poems with a space of time between presentations, on your Facebook, that is.

anita