So many far too many out there who of poetry do profess to know <br />And though for their years one would expect from them more sense their ignorance and arrogance they like to show <br />In expressing their unsolicited opinions on others as they try to define poetry from doggerel <br />In their harsh unsolicited verbal attacks on fellow writers <br />they hardly do serve themselves well <br />They like to consider themselves as mentors yet mentors never harshly criticize <br />That mentors do not hurt other people's feelings such a simple thing they do not realize <br />Their idea of what is good poetry may not be so to others since we all look at things differently <br />The Human World would seem so boring if on all things we all did agree <br />Most people come across nasty strangers people they do not even know <br />Their verbal attacks quite uncalled for show in self esteem they are quite low <br />Yet their egos are overinflated and they feel their opinions do count <br />And they fail to realize through their arrogance that their opinions to little amount <br />They consider themselves to be mentors though some with them may not agree <br />For mentors encourage not belittle at least that is how it should be.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/so-many-far-too-many-out-there/
