Opinion differs wildly and widely on what is meritorious or not....
In a poetry "Slam" - a competitive poetry reading scored like the Olympics, there is a panel of judges who rate each poem from 0-10. It's supposed to be half for the poem itself, half for the performance - though that is pretty much tossed away in practice.
In that spirit, this person is appalled that his slam poem/performance has been scored as a TWO out of TEN by one of the judges.....
This sculpture is of polymer clay, painted and mounted on a stone tile. It's better then ten years old and is owned by poet Faith Vicinanza.
