Category: Poetry & Poems

THE UNSOLICITED CRITIC

Critics 
Readily verbalize 
Their unsolicited opinions 
Faulting their fellow writers 
Do they produce for scrutinizing? 

Publicly expounding on their views 
Flaunting their biased intellect
Demeaning rhetorical banter
Superficially inflating
Self

Produce
Your writings 
For literary analysis 
For peers to peruse
Naked writings of proposed perfection 

Is their astute value inflated 
By an intellect isolated
Within the caverns
Of your 
Mind

Annette (Wengert) Tarpley 
6/22/2022