a self-congratulatory note grinningly dedicated to self-admired, patronizing, and occasionally constructive critics

a self-congratulatory note grinningly
dedicated to self-admired, patronizing,
and occasionally constructive critics

[t]o be a good critic demands more
brains and judgment than most men
[and women] possess.
                                                   ---Billings

[i]t behooves the minor critic, who
hunts for blemishes, to be a little
distrustful of his[/her] own sagacity.
                                                   ---Junius

a bright-sparked conceit has from
my brain, quick-witted, risen;

and right thanks to masterly generous me,
I've now worked up improvements---

mid befitting change
and scopious prunings---

till they've gained their form-fit
place as plattered gift

in posted crispy comment
to apparent needful you:

my thus-converted pithiatism.

[f]rom [g]houlies and ghosties
and long-legged beasties
[and constructive critics],
[g]ood [l]ord, deliver us.
                                       ---Cornish prayer

[a] true critick ought to dwell rather
upon excellencies than imperfections,
to discover the concealed beauties
of a writer, and communicate
to the world such things as are
worth their observation.
                                                ---Addison

(note: pithiatism = forceful suggestion
oxymoron = a combination of contradictory
or incongruous words; examples:
military intelligence, cruel kindness,
health-care system (American),
falsely true, mournful optimist, partly
pregnant, constructive criticism or critic, etc.)