<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=455877" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Top Ten Reasons I Would Make a Lousy Poetry Critic</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">(Letterman style countdown) </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Number Ten: Because I probably lack the skill to determine where another’s failings lie<br>Number Nine: Because I doubt that anyone else really has such infallible skill<br>Number Eight: Because I lack the desire to render negative opinions of another’s work<br>Number Seven: Because I question the true motives of any one who readily renders scathing critiques<br>Number Six: Because I believe in positive reinforcement rather than accentuating negatives<br>Number Five: Because I don’t wish to have any hand in discouraging or killing the dreams of other poets<br>Number Four: Because I believe that what people write is far more important than the skill they show in doing it.<br>Number Three: Because the majority of poetry derives from a warm heart and most criticism originates from cold indifferent intellect<br>Number Two: Because I know what it feels like to be on the other end of the equation</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And the Number One reason I would make a lousy poetry critic: </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Because, poetically speaking, I live in a glass house.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Mary+Havran">Mary Havran</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=455877" data-title="Top Ten Reasons I Would Make a Lousy Poetry Critic de Mary Havran" data-description="(Letterman style countdown) Number Ten: Because I probably lack the skill to determine where another’s failings lie Number Nine: Because I doubt that anyone else really has such infallible skill Number Eight: Because I lack the desire to rende..."></div> </div> </div>

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