"Poetry is our PASSION." jpw says. It is his and you tell me, it is yours.
jpw knows, very well, the struggle and the work involved in creating good material.
A tremendous theme is obvious; strong verbs are essential, wonderful adjectives... and then somehow blend it into a reality that every reader can grab on to; as if it were their own.

"Every poem is a diamond" that's what jpw always tells us. Digging up the diamond from the ground is arduous and tedious work. But, the process of cleaning, cutting, faceting, and polishing the diamond is what makes it valuable, and the demand of most everyone. Proof reading, spelling, punctuation, editing unnecessary words and redundant thoughts. That's how poets make their work valuable and demanded by most everyone. "folks will not read you if your stuff is sloppy, or too loose." (yes, that's jpw, again.) 
AND Please, if you're going to offer feedback, make it worthwhile. jpw gives constructive criticism in hopes that it will be beneficial to writers. He would like critiques of equal value. "We're all trying to get better" (jpw, pipe down.) We, all here, appreciate you so much. Your 'story', 'background' and 'history' is of great importance to us. We humbly thank you. AND, of course jpw will continue to "keep writing". (As if anyone could stop him.)