10 Things You Should Know About Poets

Posted on January 25th, 2009 in Writing by F J McCarthy

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The things You should know if there is a poet in your life.

Most poets are a little nuts.

Not in a bad way Its just that poets see the world in such a way that is often times confusing to non-poets. I mean a tree, is just a tree right, not to a poet.
Poets are Emotional

A poet can read something that was written by a complete stranger and find something so beautiful, or something so heart wrenching that they can not help to cry.
Writing poetry is work

The writing of a poem is akin to bearing your soul in a public forum, once spoken it can’t be rescinded. Poets work at what they write, it is NOT a hobby, or fad, or cute faze.
Poets love to read.

A poet will spend hours with there head buried in a book or gazing at a computer screen. How better to learn your craft then through reading others poets works.
Poets are intense.

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Often this is mistaken for rudeness, or lack of attention. It should be known that when a poet gets an inspiration they almost always have to write about it then and there.
Poets love criticism

Good or bad, poets want to here what you think. If you love it or hate it tell them,and tell them why.
Poets are poor.

Generally speaking a poet rarely gets rich from writing poetry. Most write for the sheer joy of it, God bless them . If your waiting for a poet to be rich from writing you should have a lot of time and superior patience. A good paying job would help too.
Poets are great lovers.

It’s true. Poets spend most of there lives finding the beauty and romance in everything, so those who are lucky enough to have a poet as their love are treated to love making unparalleled by most mere mortals.
Poets love using big words

Why would you say big crack, when you could say expansive crevasse. Poets love to flourish embellishments on the most mundane of things and therefore lift them to a place of greatness.
Poets are poets for life.

When a person writes poetry and feels the release of emotion this brings, it becomes almost addictive. A poet will think in ways that set them apart. they may not touch pen to paper in years, but inside they are writing poems. Someday if we are lucky the poets will rule the world, and what a beautiful loving peaceful world that would be.

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20 Responses to “10 Things You Should Know About Poets”

nutuba
March 21st, 2009 at 6:17 am

Great observations and I love the light hearted feel. Poets indeed are all those things!
Dee Gold
March 21st, 2009 at 10:32 am

good one
papaleng
March 21st, 2009 at 10:48 am

you said it all pal..
rutherfranc
March 21st, 2009 at 11:44 am

once a poet.. always a poet.. thanks for letting others know how we are Sport..
C LEBLANC
March 21st, 2009 at 1:45 pm

So true and so well written. Great write!
DAVID CARTIER
March 21st, 2009 at 1:57 pm

nice job
Joni Keith
March 21st, 2009 at 5:42 pm

I couldn’t have said it better myself. Takes one to know one, heh?
Kimberly Moore
March 21st, 2009 at 11:40 pm

Great and true description!!:) Thumbs-up and review!
Chris Stonecipher
March 21st, 2009 at 11:53 pm

These are things I did not know about poets.
Katien
March 22nd, 2009 at 7:26 am

Thanks for the explanation. Not being a poet myself, I do find poets and poems extremely hard to understand!
Mr Ghaz
March 22nd, 2009 at 4:29 pm

great work! well-presentation abt poet. Thanx for sharing this great tips.
Denise Kawaii
March 22nd, 2009 at 4:39 pm

This was entertaining and fun. I am surrounded by poets and this rings true for all of them. Although, I might replace “Intense” with “Distracted”… they always seem to be deep in thought and not always paying attention to the conversations going on around them.
MrZebra84
March 23rd, 2009 at 12:08 pm

that was beautiful, honest, enjoyable, and profound. thank you for writing that.
ML Sheldon
March 24th, 2009 at 1:56 pm

I enjoyed the read, but I got a bit distracted by some grammar problems in your work.
Other than that, I think your points are very valid and expressed well.
DA Cournean
June 3rd, 2009 at 7:51 am

Very well done. You hit the proverbial nail on the head!
t simon
June 18th, 2009 at 4:36 am

nice list. A little thing about #9. It’s not just the big words. Poets love all sorts of words –even the gibberish they make up. They obsess over using the most appropriate word, no matter how big or simple it is.
hollynoel001
August 2nd, 2009 at 4:53 pm

great article writing poetry is expressing your soul and feelings in a way that that usually cannot be done any other way thanks for your explanation of your feelings about writing )
Juancav
August 2nd, 2009 at 11:13 pm

Excellent article.
Angela
August 3rd, 2009 at 1:02 am

What a great tribute to poets! One of my favorite lines that you wrote is, “Poets love to flourish embellishments on the most mundane of things and therefore lift them to a place of greatness.”
Barathrum
September 3rd, 2009 at 12:20 pm

If my mouth is not moving it’s because my mind is already occupied.