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How I become a poetaster!
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31-Aug-2007, 12:42
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Re: How I become a poetaster!
Hmm - my dictionary says: •
noun
a person who writes inferior poetry from M.Fr. poetastre (1554), from L. poeta (poet) + -aster, diminutive (pejorative) suffix
Seriously, I would avoid calling yourself this.
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