It’s time to accept defeat
to sign the armistice
and withdraw the pen from use
thereafter.
Remain a gifted amateur:
use the shield of insouciance
to deflect the barbs of critical
mockery.
Keep close your counsel and write
in secret,your words hidden:
a writer’s skin is inside out, nerves
uppermost.
Protect your pitiful pride
from the worst of all:
the pricks of opinion hurt less than
indifference.
Comments
Doeslittle | March 3, 2008 - 18:31
Wearing their nerves on their sleeves...as opposed to hearts perhaps.
Ewan | March 3, 2008 - 18:35
??
Doeslittle | March 3, 2008 - 18:40
The phrase...to wear your heart on your sleeve - your line re nerves uppermost made me think of writers wearing their nerves on their sleeves rather than their hearts. Perhaps it makes less sense than I thought! A light hearted comment.
Ewan | March 4, 2008 - 07:51
Sorry, been taking the sensitive pills!
QueenElf | March 4, 2008 - 15:40
I guess we will both keep accepting those "pricks of opinion" because once a writer, always a writer.
LisaXXX