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I consider myself kind of a reporter - one who uses words that are more like music and that have a choreography. I never think of myself as a poet; I just get up and write.

— Mary Oliver

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Well, I still write poetry, but I wouldn't call myself a poet.

— David Duchovny

I'm much more of a musician than a poet. I just feel much more confident about my musical abilities.

— Mary Timony

I am not quite a poet but I am something of the kind.

— Edmund Wilson

I've written poetry since I was a kid. As the years went on, I got into writing stories and screenplays, but I always, always kept up with poetry as well.

— Blake Jenner

I'm a poet, and I spent my life in poetry.

— Edward Hirsch

I have never considered myself a poet. I have no interest in poetic artistry.

— Muhammad Iqbal

I feel that I'm a poet first. Not only was poetry the first genre in which I wrote, it's the genre that serves as the basis for my practice as a writer.

— Floyd Skloot

I like to think that I'm a sort of poet for our times.

— Carol Ann Duffy

✗Opposing Perspectives

Well, I like to write poetry. I'm a published poet.

— Misha Collins

I don't try to call myself a poet. But I know that my stuff is pretty literal, in that the themes are pretty simple and on the surface.

— Bo Burnham