An Ode to Writers’ Critics,By Louise Annarino,March 9,2013
Too often
words castigate
instead of illuminate
the disrobing of the soul
by a writer whose purpose
is merely to reveal
an unseen truth.
Not enough that we dare
to show skin bared
and broken open
with tortured minds
sharpened to a fine point
by unholy facts of broken glass
we walk upon with bare feet.
Unafraid of dirty linen
stained by the blood
of virgins always open
to new truths,writers welcome
with open arms
those who would do harm as easily
as those who do good.
Be gentle with writers
in your complaints and admonitions.
So, it is not your position?
Nor your place
to disgrace their efforts,
to scatter their page
with shards of broken thoughts.
annarino writes 