S  R  Evans: A few critics have dismissed my poems as not being poems and have dismissed me as not being a poet  But one principle of criticism has it that only true poets can recognize poetic creativity or function as critics of poetry -- and that the only true poets are those whose work conveys genuine poetic creativity  But I have read the work of these critics; none of it demonstrated poetic creativity
These critics' judgments should be rejected, since these critics are not true poets
presupposes what it sets out to conclude, since the principle requires that only true poets can determine whether the critics' work demonstrates poetic creativity