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| | Poet |
 | | Poets, like any artist, exist within a cultural and intellectual tradition and generally write in a specific language, but the qualities which comprise good poetry are to some extent timeless and address issues common to all humanity. |
| | Once they have established their name, poets may achieve a kind of alternative aristocracy, but the poets who manage to achieve real prosperity through their profession are certainly in the minority, hence poetry's continued association with Bohemianism Today, there are few poets able to support themselves exclusively by writing poetry. |
| | Poets, however, tend to be either on the fringes of or at the very center of their culture. |
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