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“Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different.” T.S. Eliot, poet (1888-1965) Copied / Not My work..I saw this and I liked it..

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Timothy Hicks

Date: 3/14/2016 11:41:00 PM

I'm with Andrea partly ... not sure what he means by that. But I do agree with the rest. Originality is a clever re-mixing of the cliche and the classics ... making it into our own is what makes it art.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 3/14/2016 9:06:00 PM

Hmmm, not sure what I think of some parts of this quote. mature poets steal? I guess it's all in how we are looking at the quote.

Ravi Sathasivam

Date: 3/14/2016 7:54:00 AM

Great. Well said. Enjoyed reading it. Thanks for sharing it

Jack Horne

Date: 3/13/2016 4:29:00 PM

lol, love it

John Loving Iii

Date: 3/12/2016 4:20:00 PM

Good poets have broken hearts. They use the spirits that feel sorry for them and give them things to say. I'm almost torn up inside, it comes and goes. I'll be back writing if this keeps up. And sorry for the drama.

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 3/12/2016 2:36:00 PM

- Very well written, thanks for sharing these words dear Sara - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Sara Kendrick
Date: 3/12/2016 3:38:00 PM

It is a quote from T.S. Lewis..Not my own..Sara