Please read and rate my poem!

Rate my poem, Please 5-Very Good 1-Very Bad

1	41.7%	[ 5 ]
2	33.3%	[ 4 ]
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5	25.0%	[ 3 ]
Total Votes:			[ 12 ]

[Kira Hatake]

The Defeated
I have been defeated
But I was able to pick myself up
And by doing that I grew stronger
And I learned a lesson
Unlearnable by those who never lose
When you never lose, you never learn
From your mistakes comes knowledge
And that is how you grow stonger
Being able to pick yourself up
After you've been defeated
Is better than never losing at all
So if you've been defeated
Don't be afraid to pick yourself up
And grow stronger!

Kayla Klein
Copyright ©2008 Kayla Klein

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[The Draken]

Read the rules.
This doesn't belong here.

Happy Holidays~

[sword_massacre]

WOW I loved it! It was so good!!! 3nodding

[Koi-Kitsune30]

It was pretty good. I liked the moral of it all.

[Kira Hatake]

Koi-Kitsune30

It was pretty good. I liked the moral of it all.

Thanks!!

[The Fabulous Prince Babel]

Poems and stories don't get 'rated' because that's a ******** lame way of knowing whether something is good or not.

YOU GET CRITIQUED.
Since you didn't read the rules I'm guessing that big word flew right over your head so I'll just tell you what I thought.

Great.

ANOTHER poem that made me feel like I need to learn a lesson by getting my a** kicked.
It was boring, dull, cliche, and I lost interest after the third stanza.

TRY AGAIN.

[Ash_Type_E]

I'm going to have to agree with the above post. It's really dull and lacking in anything even vaguely resembling substance. There's no display of skill. It looks like you just threw words that followed a theme together. Poetic power comes from being able to make an impression on the reader. This is weak.