Something I was reading a couple of days ago sent me off on a strange tangent regarding the nature of “talent.”
How much does writing good poetry depend on talent? Where do you rate yourself in terms of talent? Do you think talent is something visible and obvious? Can you tell the difference between a poem written by someone with talent versus someone with skill?
Essentially, I guess the question is this: Are poets born or made?
“Are poets born or made?”
Yes.
The content is born, the skill with which the contents are presented is made.