Billy raises an interesting question, what makes a poet a poet? I agree that it is hard to define who is and who isn’t a successful poet. This is because success is a subjective thing. What society deems as success might be whole different from what you are I believe. Therefore, to be successful poet does one have to be published, make money, or be famous? If those are the ingredients for success, then yes. However, if one deems success to be equated with happiness and one is most happy when writing poetry, then it seems that that person would be successful poet.
Currently, I am about as much a poet as I am a guitarist. I dabble. I can play a few chords, just like I can write a few decent lines. Therefore, because I play, I am a musician, albeit a novice at best. Similarly, I write poetry. I am a poet. And so are you.
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