REGENCY (52)
How I hate the poet-philosophers
whose fancies define form,
their divine edicts declaring which and where
a poem may be told — yet no one
loved them, writing or reading.
Retire such regents to their estates
cozy with dictates and ossified tastes.
Leaving the work of poetry to each
seeking mastery through honest labor.
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REGENCY (52)
One of the least visible forms of gatekeeping is the declaration of the proper shape a creation may take.
We have lost sight of our duty to guide, not decree, what shape creativity may assume.
Take risks...
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