I remember telling someone that the second worst thing you can do to any work of work is to sing reply "fine" or "okay". The only worst thing being silence. For any creator, bad feedback is often better than no feedback.

But as you illustrated, even creators can become too self conscious and forget to seek out other forms, other writers, other ideas.

Sometimes, other people's poetry can just become boring or seemingly uninteresting or without depth. But most times, it's because we are unwilling to leave our palace

Personally, all of my poems have followed one structure. Seeing how you go out of your way to incorporate other forms inspires me. Maybe one day, I'll break up with laziness and follow your steps