<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=389961" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Poet Fears Failure</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The poet fears failure<br>& so she says<br>&quot;Hold on pen--<br>what if the critics<br>hate me?&quot;<br>& with that question<br>she blots out more lines<br>than any critic could.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The critic is only doing his job:<br>keeping the poet lonely.<br>He barks<br>like a dog at the door<br>when the master comes home.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It's in his doggy nature.<br>If he didn't know the poet<br>for the boss,<br>he wouldn't bark so loud.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">& the poet?<br>It's in her nature<br>to fear failure<br>but not to let that fear<br>blot out</div><div style="margin:10px 0">her lines.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Erica+Jong">Erica Jong</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=389961" data-title="The Poet Fears Failure de Erica Jong" data-description="The poet fears failure & so she says &quot;Hold on pen-- what if the critics hate me?&quot; & with that question she blots out more lines than any critic could. The critic is only doing his job: keeping the poet lonely. He barks like a dog at the..."></div> </div> </div>

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