Poetry Writing

No one expects a man to make a chair without first learning how, but there is a popular impression that the poet is born, not made, and that his verses burst from his overflowing heart of themselves. As a matter of fact, the poet must learn his trade in the same manner, and with the same painstaking care, as the cabinet-maker. His heart may overflow with high thoughts and sparkling fancies, but if he cannot convey them to his reader by means of written word he has no claim to be considered a poet. -- Amy Lowell

Poet laureate n., pl. poets laureate or poet laureates.
--A poet appointed for life by a British monarch as a member of the royal household and expected to write poems celebrating occasions of national importance and honoring the royal family.
--A poet appointed to a similar honorary position or honored for artistic excellence.
--A poet acclaimed as the most excellent or most representative of a locality or group.