Me In The Third Person

Strangest thought just entered my head

What if I critiqued my own poems

D'ya think I'd really be tough on myself

Or would you detect a slight bias tone

Using the criteria of accepted norms

I'd be down at the bottom, no bones

But for humorous verse and originality

Call me Oliver Wendell Holmes

First I followed time honoured patterns

Of poets that have gone on before

But that's not what makes a poet of note

Originality is what raises his score

So go ahead and break all the rules

That have been in place forever

Develop your style of creative writing

And be proud of your endeavour