With just one little screw up
the beauty of a write is forgotten.
Thers something inherantly wrong
when critics are so coldly rotten.
Have they forgotten why we write?
Do they really think this is a test?
Their folly is a loss of respect
of this, I would never jest!
How many disenchanted poets
have thrown in the towel?
Their muse cast on the rocks
from gramatic comments, so foul.
Sometimes I think it’s jealousy
of a truley amazing write
that drives them to dissect it
with precision of surgical knife.
The only thing that kills a critic
is what makes, a very good wine
With the proper amount of aging
critics turn to dust in time!
Author notes
http://kristinedrawstuff.deviantart.com/art/The-Mask-92299921
In a list
A contest entry
- Punctuation Contest (Humour) by aslanlight.
425 points, ended July 23, 2008, 9 entries
Bronze trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - writers block-no rules just write by catalyst..
300 points, ended September 20, 2008, 11 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Kiss My Ass. by Poetryintheblood.
575 points, ended December 5, 2008, 15 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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Wow~
You sure brought forth what needed to be said and the last stanza grabbed and shook the monitor off its foundation
Tight rhyme also and Message that I imagine many could relate too
Wowzers that physical image...is off the charts
Woot~ 
Thank You for sharing Your Voice
Best wishes in the contest
with love & light~ Desire~*~
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Dean Koontz has a new book out called Relentless have you read it? About a critic who is diabolical and evil even shhhhhh I will not give away any more you must read this lol even has the cutest kid and oddest dog.. It rivals his book intensity . Make you feel much better ! I like this ranty poem.
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Wonderfully expressed thanks for the entry
and good luck
Passions
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I re-read the contest, after entering and I know my poem isn't exactly what you were looking for. I apologise for asking you to open to prewrites.
Bill
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it's the "write this and that in your author notes" crap that bothers me. nice job and thank you for the entry. Not winning gold is another thing ... sigh.
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I'm afraid typos do spoil the write for me but I am getting more leniant about that because I'm not perfect either.
Enjoyed your write.
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So true, no writer is better than another, as we are all birds of a feather writing for the love of it all, thank you for your wonderful entry, Josie
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I love this XD
I won't give you an explanation, just take my applause.
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mh, interesting point you have here. You mat be onto something, a lot of what we human do is based on affections from other people around us.
Thanks for entering
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The only thing that kills a critic
is what makes, a very good wine
With the proper amount of aging
critics turn to dust in time
heehee the last paragraph was genius! The metaphors and similes in this was great!
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Well said and well rhymed. Any critique should be subtle and helpful.
Your avatar says it all; poetry is about the joy of communication, sharing thoughts and images with people.
I hope she grows up to be a Poetess.
Regards, Peter
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But do they mellow with age? *
* ..Great write here. Best to you in the contest!
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I love the title; just that on its own says it all! The rhyming's excellent; I can't rhyme (too lazy) so I'm always impressed when I see it done well. Disenchanted's a great word and it's how the punctuation freak judges make me feel when I've written a good or even great poem and they haven't noticed what I've said because they've been glaring at my punctuation, or lack of it rather!
Peace Georgia
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Hi Georgia,
When I saw this contest I had to enter. This topic is a soap box I'll stand on with you till the end
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LOL!!!!! This is a wonderful entry for the contest. I wish you all the best with it.
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Thank you I really got a kick out of writing this I know there's a place for constructive critiques, and this poem is not meant meant for good natured judges, just the extreamists
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Actually it was our poem that we wrote together that first irritated me about this. They didn't say one word about our words or the content in general but only picked on it because they said it didn't have enough punctuation! Remember the amount of time and effort we put into it? Then they did the same thing with another poem of mine. No comment whatever on my well thought out words.
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