It Is The Literary Critics

I have never laid claim to the title of poet

I leave it to the literary critics to those they see worthy of poetic note

Since they are the people paid to criticize

To the poetic social rank their criticisims give rise

It is the literary critics who write for newspapers Worldwide

The worth of any writer of any genre decide

In poetry the rhymers the literary critics ignore

The non rhymers they place to the poetic fore

Though no shortage of rhymers in any village or city or town

In the twenty first century no hope for any rhymer of poetic renown

Few rhymers nowadays ever short listed for a major literary prize

Rhyme has had it's innings as most would realize

In all forms of literature change is happening fast

And in poetry rhyme has become a thing of the past

The well paid literary critics have helped in the demise of rhyme

As a form of poetry of another time.