Soliciting For Comments Poem by Francis Duggan

The more comments online poets receive the higher the ratings they command
That the big egos need for to be fed should not be hard for to understand
With those who say good writing does stand on it's own merits I for one can only agree
Soliciting for comments for higher ratings does seem so egotistical to me
Without comments your works will not rate highly even though you do write rather well
But who is or is not a good poet only time alone it will tell
The more comments that some do receive the more they do solicit for more
Big egos are quite hard to appease I am sure you have heard that before
'Tis natural to want to be loved as the wise have been known to say
But some do carry self love too far and the ego does get it's own way
In most literary web sites where comments do apply some want to be top of the pile
Without their admirers it would seem they would not find writing worth their while
And the more comments that they do receive the higher their ratings do soar
The big egos do need to be fed one might say we've heard that Before.