The Literary Critic
On TV, a critic
exclaimed with conviction,
he could never accept
a poetic fiction,
a poetic fiction,
which included as part
of the verse makers art
the word “proceeding”.
He thought it was leading
to a too legal reading
of words meant
to inspire not tire.
The PC pallets of literary lice,
can sometimes entice
a poet of promise
to sadly forget,
the whole of language
is caught in his net.
And that,
the freedom to choose
the words he may use;
is his own.
© James Rainsford 2013
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