My three biggest critics

By daiglepoems

I've often wondered what it is that makes a poem "great". Pre-defined criterias?
Do we negotiate?

Perhaps the subject matter?
The cadence?
The flow?
Does being madder than a hatter
make an Edgar Allan Poe?

If I violate the rules
yet weave the words just right
might I not produce some jewels?
Write a masterpiece in spite?

My three biggest critics
are Me, Myself, and I.
I's very analytic
and always wonders why.

Myself methinks a scribbler.
A comedian of sort,
though he's a double dribbler
and a very poor sport.

If I write something I like
"I hate it" says Myself.
Count on Me to disagree
and put it on "the shelf".

Convicted of some trespass
by Me, Myself, or I
it lingers with the hourglass
and waits for time to fly.

Like a fine vintage wine
with some age becomes mature,
might not these poems of mine
become great literature?

One day to be discovered.
"My God!
Look what we've found!
These texts we just uncovered
are spectacular! Profound!"

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Copyright 2014 daiglepoems
Published on Monday, March 3, 2014.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • Intoxicating Delirium On Monday, March 3, 2014, Intoxicating Delirium (275)By person wrote:

    What a fantastic write!! We are our worst critic.. Nice one :)

  • daiglepoems On Monday, March 3, 2014, daiglepoems (95)By person wrote:

    flattery will get you everywhere

  • megaprime81 On Monday, March 3, 2014, megaprime81 (743)By person wrote:

    I think you're a great poet, and i understand the allure of being published widely only after one's departure from this world. I think every good poet aspires for such an honor. 10

  • daiglepoems On Monday, March 3, 2014, daiglepoems (95)By person wrote:

    I'm a little impatient. I want to get published now but the only thing I really know how to do is write stupid poems. I have fun with it though and that is my true motivatioin

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