and for that matter, what's a poet?

"a poet is a penguin - his wings are to swim with"

ee cummings



"A poet is somebody who feels, and who expresses his feeling through words.

This may sound easy. It isn't.

A lot of people think or believe or know they feel - but that's thinking or believing or knowing; not feeling.

And poetry is feeling - not knowing or believing or thinking.


Almost anybody can learn to think or believe or know, but not a single human being can be taught to feel.

Why? Becasue whenever you think or you believe or you know, you're a lot of other people, but the moment you feel,

you're NOBODY-BUT-YOURSELF."

ee cummings