take a disliking to

Try to write the kind of poem you’re disinclined to like.

show me your papers

Be ready to inspect the critic’s credentials at the border (before the review).

critical translation

With so much choice and bias in the process, translation becomes a form of criticism.

tabula rasa reader

If you're averse to a particular kind of poetry, set aside your aesthetic predilections, if you are in sympathy with a particular kind of poetry, set aside your artistic competitiveness, and read the work on its own terms, with due care and attention.

a dolphin swims under a rainbow

the haiku journal editor
openly admits his bias against
'dolphins' and 'rainbows'

everything possible

Novices: new voices, no vices.