We've mentioned that piece of Alain's, but we didn't critique it, the one about the Tower of Babel, because that poem is almost 2,000 words long :D

BTW, Katya, I really recommend breaking your reply above into multiple paragraphs. First, because you're covering multiple ideas here, so you should. Second, because it'd make it much easier to read ;-) You do tend to leave your comments as one block, so it's something to also keep in mind.

Also, it's good there are people like Tyger who get you, but do consider whether you want others to get you too, even if they are not exactly coming from the same place you are in. But maybe you don't want that to happen too much - as one of the charms of poetry is that different people read it in different ways. And that also ties into the "clear ending" message. The tension between wanting to be understood, and wanting to leave people room to read themselves into the poem.

As for this Thursday - don't come too tired, Katya. We care about you, so we don't want you to be in class when you should be asleep.
And we loved going over your poem, and you're making great strides in poetry-writing. Good job!