(Letterman style countdown) <br /> <br />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 <br /> <br />And the Number One reason I would make a lousy poetry critic: <br /> <br />Because, poetically speaking, I live in a glass house.<br /><br />Mary Havran<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/top-ten-reasons-i-would-make-a-lousy-poetry-critic/
