eyes others a man a poet written one good poem. a poet moment making l — W.H. Auden, Dyer’s Hand

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In the eyes of others a man is a poet if he has written one good poem. In his own he is only a poet at the moment when he is making his last revision to a new poem. The moment before, he was still only a potential poet; the moment after, he is a man who has ceased to write poetry, perhaps forever.

W.H. Auden, The Dyer's Hand

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