Secondly (and I am sure that Glynis would not agree with this criticism because she is far bigger than this, but I am not) then – even under their pen name – they should not publish such pedestrian and less than average work themselves which tries to masquerade as something a little more than that by using the occasional big word. Go look at the titles (don\’t read them, tho, that would only be giving this person reads). Inspiring – hardly.

That, however is not the point. Dilligents – one of the things I do is teach poetic understanding and I would give you a very poor grade for your critique, (too good a name for what you have done but I will grant you this). In fact if I were to ask you to critique a poem and you handed this in, you would fail in you assignment. I am tempted to do this to one of your own articles to see how you would feel but am neither cruel or amateurish enough to do such a thing.

You do a dreadful job pretending that you know anything about poetry – and any reply here where you flash your credentials will not, I am afraid, do your reputation any good whatsoever because your petard is hoisted, my friend.

You admit (with some hubris) that \’we are not all stupid\’. Too late. Game over already!

You come across as patrician (without all the necessaries and so you simply come across as patronizing), offhand (without the knowledge necessary to do it with any flair) and distinctly ignorant (aplenty) in terms of what the aim of this poem really is, You don\’t take poems out of the fridge to thaw but your own words, (particularly considering what you have written yourself) ice this page up and turns is polar. What on earth were you thinking?

Glynis does not pretend to be the next Laureate. Her words are heartfelt and comforting and reach out to many – her popularity as an online poet(ess) is only matched by her generosity as an individual. Some little green god is, I think, at work here. Her skill as a poet withstands your feeble attempt to undermine.

I would much rather the warmth and realness of Glynis\’ work than the psuedo-intellectual junior high school cod-philosophy of your own work. Any day.

This crude dissection of the poem does you no credit at all. Your own work doesn\’t pass muster so you decide to take your shortcomings out elswhere lest your own be discovered. Pah.

Your cruelty is only matched by your ignorance.