Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CRITICISM, by WALT MASON Poet's Biography First Line: No odds what kind of work you're doing Last Line: Say. Subject(s): Art & Artists; Criticism & Critics; Paintings And Painters | ||||||||
NO odds what kind of work you're doing, your friends, with scorn your efforts viewing, will say your wires are crossed; they'll stand around you criticising, and reprimanding and advising, and make your life a frost. You paint your pump, and all your neighbors will come to contemplate your labors, and show you where you're wrong; they'll say your paint is punk in colorit should be gaudier or dullerand kick the whole day long. If you are wise you let them chatterthe words of boneheads little matter, they're worth a cent a ton; and while those words the air are tainting, you keep on painting, painting, painting, until the pump is done. The man who listens to the spieling of critics always hits the ceiling, upon some bitter day; be sure you're right'twas Davy said itthen go ahead and gain the credit, nor care what neighbors say. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FROM PRADO ROTUNDA: THE FAMILY OF CHARLES IV, AND OTHERS by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER THE STUDIO (HOMAGE TO ALICE NEEL) by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER JOE BRAINARD'S PAINTING 'BINGO' by RON PADGETT THE PICTURE (VENUS RECLINING) by EZRA POUND HER EYES by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON |
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