Everyone knows, that the first man to liken a maiden to a rose
Was a poet (at least it is often contended so),
But the critics then go
On to say that those
Who continue to use such metaphor
Are second-rate, as it has all been said before
But has not the rhymer written about everything under the sun?
And if so, are we now not done
With rhyme?
For surely we should spend our time
Both day and night
In instructing others on how to write? …
K Morris - Poet 
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Writers are frequently told that they should (or should not) express themselves in a given way. This poem of mine, composed some years back, is by way of a response to such people.
Well, if writers should now spend their time instructing others how to write, what’s the point if, when they’ve learned, they don’t write, but instruct others?
Teach others how to do something that’s not needed?🤔
I agree with you, Vivienne. I guess the point of my poem is to criticise those who argue that we should not use a metaphor simply because it has been previously employed, E.G. we shouldn’t compare a woman to a flower as it has been done so many times before.
Poof! 😛 What do ‘they’ know!
Indeed, what do they know!
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Many thanks for the share, Michael.
A pox on the self-proclaimed self-proclaimed arbiters of poetic expression!
I couldn’t have put it better myself, Liz!
Thanks, Kevin!