When Somebody Criticizes My Poems

You better watch it, Bub. : )

When Somebody Criticizes My Poems

 

By Elton Camp

 

Unless criticism you are truly prepared to take,

To ask for it is going to prove to be a mistake

I’ve found that most writers who make that claim

Will then dismiss what is said as being quite lame

 

Personally, criticism is something I never invite

Knowing it can easily precipitate an angry fight

Well, how dare that dope say something like that.

I’ve seen him online and know he’s old, ugly & fat

 

Several times I have read his illiterate posted work

He can’t spell, punctuate, or make sense�"the jerk

And then my fine writing he dares to try to criticize

Now, what can I say that will cut him down to size

 

I admit that from such resentment I’m not immune

And an insulting comment will disappear real soon

Disparaging remarks both anger and drive me wild

Like a stranger criticizing the way I rear my child

 

Unless we’ve developed a relationship of mutual trust,

Go ahead and criticize my writing if you feel you must

But don’t be offended when you see that I then tell

“If you don’t like, don’t read it, and please go to hell.”