Quotes by Poets I'm an amalgam of the 19th-century romantics and the beat poets. Roy Harper romantics poets beat Poets are like the decathletes of literature. Terrance Hayes poets like literature Rarest of the real poets are born poets. They are the oddballs, not the professors. James Broughton poets professors born real Female poets in the 17th century had these very confined, restricted lives. Louisa Hall poets had very century If poets were realistic, they wouldn't be poets. Peter Davison poets were realistic Frost is the most sophisticated of poets. Peter Davison poets most sophisticated frost Revolution is glorified by intellectuals, apotheosized by poets, sanctified by visionaries, and bled white by politicians. Ameen Rihani poets politicians revolution white