A Question about Poets and Poetry.

That's a great analogy for writing poetry. Another one I heard (think it was Michael Longley) compares writing poetry to a high-wire act. You gotta get from start to finish in perfect balance, put a foot wrong and over you go into the abyss. So, in answer to your question - the DIY enthusiast certainly ain't a carpenter/poet...but he's probably made the first tentative steps to becoming one eventually some way down the long line of approximations....BRgds.,Alan.