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Poetry in practice: mistakes poets make [UK]:

Roddy Lumsden surveyed several poets and asked them to suggest what irks them about poets as writers and performers, to offer advice and to confess a few of their own foibles. Here are their anonymous responses (serious or tongue-in-cheek).

On writing
*To begin with, imitate as many major poets as possible: to imagine you have an innate 'voice' independent of other writers is pure vanity.

*'If only I had the time to write more...' is the emptiest threat in Poetryville. If kids and jobs are more important to you, stick to the odd spot of knitting ...

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