Dear Sir,
It has come to my attention that within the blogging world that you are a person of some integrity and experience as a person of learning and discernment.
I am a fledgling writer and poet and I am seeking your opinion of my latest Poem – Dirt in the Toenails – published this week on my blog – I Wanna Be A Writer.
It is important to me to garner opinions from such folk as yourself as your thoughts can only enhance the credibility of myself as a writer. I am currently gathering a collection of my poems for publication and a self-published anthology tentatively entitled “Explorations within my Twisted Mind”.
I await your thoughts and if you could reply by tomorrow that would be great.
With anticipated thanks
Augustus Worthington.
Dear Mr Worthington
I wish I could say your poem is something to be described but I find after several readings it to be more in the indescribable range for me.
Now this could be a generational thing as I imagine I am several generations older than you but I do question this poem in this way:
What point are you trying to make?
Do you actually know what a literary convention is?
Who you think your audience is for a poem of this kind?
I do question the self-indulgence contained with in the lines:
I pick at you with my dinner fork
But you refuse to budge
So I shovel another piece of steak in
As your very presence haunts my soul.
I’m not sure how ready the world is to read about your struggles, inner and allegedly outer over dirt in your toenails.
Nor do I think images such as:
Infiltrating my life like a small African tribe
Might not be construed as a bordering on racism…
It is one argument to say that literature should challenge your audience but I find your work works more like a case of common assault upon my senses and for that alone you should be locked up and kept well away from any writing implements thus sparing us from any more drivel of the kind you have foisted upon me.
I hope this is constructive criticism and you will act accordingly by abandoning all and any ambitions towards being a writer of any sort.
Yours sincerely
William Hewitt PhD, MA (Hons) Professor of Classics Morpeth University.
Written for: http://lindaghill.com/2015/11/13/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-nov-1415/
Morpethroad 
Wow, give ’em hell, Professor!
Thank you Miss J, glad you agree…
I’m wondering if this is fiction or not…
Yes its fiction, me playing with words and ideas…..
A good friend of mine is undergoing a major operation today so if you have any spare prayers could you include her in them for a speedy recovery….
Ohhh my, you bet I’ll pray for your friend, Michael. Sending them up now to God’s loving ears–rest assured He hears and Answers! (Thanks for the honor of praying for her!)
Thank you J I am sure she will ok but every bit helps so I appreciate your assistance.
I’ll let you know how successful you are…..😃😃
It’s not my prayers, Michael–but God’s loving heart to hear and move in our lives. Nonetheless we must pray, Believing in His goodness. I’ll be eager to hear an update on your friend.
Michael: I, too, will say a prayer for your friend. I hope she does well during surgery and afterwards. My thoughts are with you! (and your special friend).
Thank you much appreciated….
I like you playing the two sides and my thoughts are with your friend too. 😊
Thank you Jen…
LOL Michael. You are a very clever man.
Thank you John but I can’t write novels like you….
Well, it doesn’t exactly mesh with my indescribably delicious post, but it is funny. 🙂 Peace and prayers to you and your friend.
Thank you JoAnna she is recovering well….I appreciate you thinking of her at this time..
You sound like you are in a bit of bad mood.
Thank you Deborah and yes i did have a few things on my mind….
Oh I have so wanted to say this to a few people. I have to say, I love the bits of the poem you constructed.
Best wishes to your friend. 🙂
Thank you Linda, I appreciate your good wishes…..the poem was as much fun as the whole piece….
Haha! I can imagine. 🙂 Hope you’re having an excellent weekend, Michael.
Its improving all the time Linda….when friends have serious medical issues you naturally worry so its a relief to know she is doing ok and on the long path to recovery.
Hope you’ve been practicing your Japanese….
Ah, not nearly enough!
Glad to hear she’s on the road to recovery. 🙂
Thank you…
I assume you are going to different places this time?
I’ll be going to a few, yes. Luckily there’s lots to see in the Tokyo area that I missed last time. 🙂
Tokyo is so fascinating….I was only there a short time but I saw so much that I’d love to revisit….I’m sure you’ll have a great time…..good luck on the trains….
Ha! At least I’m armed this time with the knowledge of the train system I lacked at the beginning of my last trip.
Thank you, dear Sir. 🙂
I reckon as long as you know where to get off the change you’ll be ok, when I was there we seemed to be changing trains all the time to get to where we were going…..oh and of course standing front to back with the crowds on the train is a way of life…..if we were lucky we snagged a seat…..either way you’ll be sure to have a good time, I’d go back tomorrow if I could,…..
Hmm. Now I wish I had named my site: Fairy Dust under my Fingernails. It has a certain ring to it. Perhaps I should change it at once. LOL