I think a poet, like a painter, should be a craftsperson.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A poet is a professional maker of verbal objects.
I think that an artist should be a skilled craftsman.
Poetry isn't a profession, it's a way of life. It's an empty basket; you put your life into it and make something out of that.
If a poet is anybody, he is somebody to whom things made matter very little - somebody who is obsessed by Making.
Well, I still write poetry, but I wouldn't call myself a poet.
The poet is someone, I think, who's interested in registering experience immediately or giving you the sense of immediacy and directness.
I think the term poet is a very exalted term and should be applied to a man at the end of his work. When he looks back over the body of his work and he's written poetry then let the verdict be that he's a poet.
I don't think that I ever believed that poetry would be a career. I have always thought of poems as something more private than professional... I would never introduce myself as a poet. I will always have some other thing that I am.
To be a poet is a condition rather than a profession.
To be a poet is a condition, not a profession.