It is not for you, nor I, or for anyone
Other than the the poet who wrote the words
To call it a good poem, or a bad poem
For only the poet can say, with anything
Like approaching absolute conviction
That the words say, what he as poet wanted
For anyone else to express opinion, either
Objective or subjective is, in my opinion,
Poor form, for a form that is beyond clarity
That I have the cause to rise on this point
Is down to a fine piece of work by Wendell Berry
He writes well on The Responsibilities of a Poet
He only lets himself down, as many others have also let
Themselves down, by suggesting that an observer could
Name a poem a good poem; it is not so, it never will be so
