<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367757" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Proud Poet</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yes, he was proud... outspoken, too<br>And quick to give his point of view<br>And slow to praise what others did, <br>A spoilt brat, a spoilt kid...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yes, he was proud and criticised, <br>All other poets were downsized, <br>When in full flow, declined to halt, <br>Yet he was honest to a fault...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yes, he was proud, but there's no doubt<br>He knew what he was all about...<br>His books sold well, he wanted more, <br>He entertained, he knew the score...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yes, he was proud, but life's a game, <br>To be well-known was his first aim...<br>That's why the papers loved him so<br>And quoted him when in full flow...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yes, he was proud, a character<br>And like a villain, as it were...<br>But he stirred poets far and wide<br>When he hurt them, yes, deep inside...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So let's not judge him at his worst<br>And pray to God that he be cursed, <br>For he provoked the better part<br>In service to this thing called art...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Denis Martindale, copyright, January 2012.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Denis+Martindale">Denis Martindale</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367757" data-title="The Proud Poet de Denis Martindale" data-description="Yes, he was proud... outspoken, too And quick to give his point of view And slow to praise what others did, A spoilt brat, a spoilt kid... Yes, he was proud and criticised, All other poets were downsized, When in full flow, declined to halt, ..."></div> </div> </div>

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