POETS OR WRITERS ?

Which one is better a POET or a WRITER?

Poets <3	29.6%	[ 16 ]
Writers <3	70.4%	[ 38 ]
Total Votes:			[ 54 ]

[Aydenfyre]

Rennie`

Aydenfyre

marshmallowcreampie

Kita-Ysabell

Holy s**t guys, ten pages?! I thought this one was dead. But no, ten pages later and it's still in WF. Le sigh.

The Writers forum is slow and doesn't always get a lot of new faces, so regulars here jump on just about anything.

This was pretty much my reason... This thread is one of the few I feel I'm actually able to reply too anyway.

I've noticed the WF has been particulary quiet recently, 'tis a shame because I've had to sign onto a new forum so I can have decent conversations sweatdrop

I'm sure it'll pick up again eventually. I tend to lurk here more often in any case, only posting when I feel I have something to say.

[rumirumirumirumi]

I keep reading here that poets and writers are the same thing, or that poets are a sub-set of writers. As a poet, I'll tell you I have never written a word in my life and I patently refuse to acknowledge any writing as my own.

Writers deserve cushy jobs in cubicle farms: poets should be dragged into the street to have their throats crushed with onion bulbs until dead.

[Iyo3469]

writers all the way.



















































































not that BOTH aren't writers, though

[Elune_StarDust_Ray]

I think 'writers' because you can write more visually compared to 'poets'. (my opinion)
Although both depend on creativity, it's hard to say what you want to be. wink

[Ellieven]

Hey, I'm a poet.
I'm also a writer.
I don't think there is a difference between the two. A poet is just a writer that expresses themselves through the use of almost lyrical and stanza writing. Story writers use the form of novels or novellas to express themselves, usually writing in fictional.
In reality, they are the same thing.

[Firlodge_3]

They are.

[priuses]

Ahhhh, how could I possibly choose? I consider myself both a writer and a poet. 3nodding

[Noodle Ton]

The WF seems a little dramatic lately. > w> To answer your question though, I prefer being a writer. Poems, to me, are boring to write and feel limited when I have so much to say.

[thetammyjo]

These are different genres and I don't think they can or should be compared this way.

It is similar to asking which is better science fiction or fantasy, historical fiction or contemporary, etc.

Each genre has an audience and a particular way that readers and publishers what it written.

[ShalomTheStargazer]

Poets are writers who choose to write poetry. ALL people who write, be it poetry or prose, are writers. So writers, because they can do either.

[I_Write_Ivre]

thetammyjo

These are different genres and I don't think they can or should be compared this way.

No, one's a medium and the other's a category of that medium. It's like a phylum within a kingdom.

thetammyjo

Each genre has an audience and a particular way that readers and publishers what it written.

Actually, no. Since neither is a genre (and no one has a 'certain way' genres should be written, be they authors or publishers), and there are already many subsections of how to write each--as well as one being a subcategory of the other, this makes no sense. There's no definable audience for 'poetry', because it's far too vague. A certain audience for 'writing'? That's anyone who reads.

[nylasaur]

Jumpin' on the bandwagon here, but poetry is writing. So is this. I am writing right now. Yes, that's what writing is. It doesn't even have to be artistic so shh.

[Firlodge_3]

Do I need to try again?

[MeggyOnly]

OMFG IM READING SUCH A GOOD BOOK. pirate YAARRGGHH

[gypsy_queen23]

A poet is a poet. A writer can be a poet and a regular writer at the same time. Multitasking win smile