If you can't be the poet, be the poem.

David Carradine
About This Quote

If you can't be the poet, be the poem" is an unfortunate saying. It tries to suggest that if you do an act poorly enough, you can make it right. The problem with this saying is that the act was not poor in the first place. There are so many people who would never look at a poem and say it’s not good enough.

They would either find something positive to say about it or simply ignore it. People who love poetry look for beauty in it.

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