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IN DEFENSE OF 'MY TRASH'
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JOURNAL #34 he stated
'It's trash'
upon reading my poem
and I said thank you
yet thought 'but its my trash'
and what you think is beautiful
or meaningful work of your own
others may too read yours
and state to you just the same
'its trash'
then where in that monument would you be
why , right here now with me
a rejected projector of the manipulation of words
little more than another human dictionary
that lives, breathes and thinks in rhyme
two months later 'My Trash' was published
and the sting of his sneering words
hobbled back to mock the mocker
'tis a pity that whatever the community of poetry
that ousted your trash
found you rather wanting in your own substance
of choice
but why be so shocked in trance
for that is how karma deals with
the negative being shoved into
an already too bitter world
for others to feed on.......................
(Nov. 25, 2008 614am)
I've gone through the same thing here. I understand completely. Nasty poets that claim they've read X number of years of poetry and wrote X number of years then go on making an arrogant mockery of others' writings are ridiculous. Because they think they are better? So selfish and hate consuming. But you know what? As they say, let your haters be your motivators.
I've gone through the same as you. Had a heckler for a while leaving exceptionally nasty comments for no apparent reason. Guess he thought he was funny. In any case I say we write first for ourselves to answer the calling and if when shared others like it great and if not it's their opinion and we all know opinions are like AH and everyone has one hahalol..Even those who don't like something if they give constructive criticism that's fine but negative comments to just heckle are ridiculous..