WE DON'T WRITE TO COMPARE OURSELVES WITH ANYONE...PAST OR PRESENT. WE TAKE THE INSPIRATIONS THAT WE RECEIVE AND SHARE. WHOEVER READS THEM WILL BE THOSE THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO READ THEM(NEAR OR FAR, SOONER OR LATER) AND WE WILL PROBABLY NEVER KNOW WHO THEY ARE, BECAUSE REMEMBER, A LOT OF FOLKS READ WORK THAT THEY DON'T LEAVE REVIEWS FOR...THEY JUST DON'T WRITE REVIEWS AND THAT'S THAT. THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO DO IS TO DEPEND ON REVIEWS TO SUBSTANTIATE 'WHO' GEORGE J CARROLL IS AND WHAT HE IS WORTH. YOU GOTTA GO BACK TO BASICS, GEORGE. GOD CALLED YOU TO BE A POET...AND...HE THOUGHT YOU WERE WORTH DYING FOR. NOW, MY FRIEND, YOU SHOULDN'T NEED ANY STRINGS TO BE PULLED AFTER THAT REALIZATIONS HITS HOME, INDEED, THAT AWESOME 'TRUTH' SHOULD DO IT FOR YOU. SMILE!...HAVE A BLESSED DAY! A DAY THAT JESUS HAS GIVEN TO YOU, BECAUSE HE WANTS YOU HERE DOING WHAT 'HE' CALLED YOU TO DO. WHEN YOU GET DESPONDENT TRY WRITING SOMETHING ABOUT GOD...HE LOVES YOU, GEORGE AND SO DO I... AND ALL OF YOUR NEIGHBORS HERE ON THE DEN TOO. MAY YOUR FAITH ABOUND AND RUN OVER. THANKS FOR SHARING...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS

Do writers even have egos? Egos have squashed out of us by reviewers until we don't know if our writing is good or bad. But we keep writing.

Writers have to have thick skin. And most writers, and especially, poets, love to write nonsense. And sometimes, their ego is bruised when they are called out for doing it.

Have no fear, I will continue to comment on your nonsense for as long as you write it. For I find wisdom between the words.

Ron