Is Everyone a critic&;#063;

Do my words offend you, in any way?

Are they bright?

What do they say?

Is the rhythm in my line, insufficient?

Does my fluency flow

Do my pentameters glow?

Have I yet masterd, the tonally proficient?

If a stanza fell from the sky

And hit me in the eye

Would I be any wiser

I think not!

If my consonantal is relaxant

Does it give me better accent?

Would stressing my syllables

Make me hot?

Am I on my own in this, is there something that I miss

Something that the critics, only see?

I don't break it into pieces, appreciating thesis

It's the passion, in others words that touches me!

I don't comment on peoples prose, I tend not to impose

I prefer to read, than to wreak

It's not that I don't care

About poets rhyming and their flair

The most important thing to me

Is they're unique

It's the passion in their words

There own ability, that stirs

Just the reason why, they should be left

If just one critic etch's their vein

Everyone would sound the same

And of individuality, we'd be bereft

A recipes, for food

And if our lines are crude

Sometimes that's part of there appeal

Some poets write inspired by fear

Their words, openly sincere

Others write with, empathy and zeal

A tribute penned, to someone they admire

With sentiment and fire!

A sonnet, to those that they love

Then a critic, comes their way

And displaces what they say

A cold analysis, with all of the 'above!'

Even the greats, they pull apart

Dissecting their art

Who knows, maybe they're right?

Most of the great and good have gone

And although their work lives on

There's no one to give a personal requite

Maybe from the start

They structured their art?

Assembling it for others to disfigure

On the other hand, I'd denote

Maybe they just wrote

Impassioned, in the subject and its vigour

Perhaps their verse just flew

Unconsciously true

Their formula, driven from within?

Admiration of a poet's way

For me comes down to them, being simply they

Exclusive in their words, because there true

Perhaps I should embrace politic

Criticising critic

But I believe everyone's verse should have its day

Not based on their ability

To master prose agility

But simply that, they have something to say!

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