Mahakavi Bharathiyar on Who's a Poet & Who Isn't...

கவிதை எழுதுபவன் கவியன்று.
கவிதையே வாழ்க்கையாக உடையோன்,
வாழ்க்கையே கவிதையாகச் செய்தோன்,
அவனே கவி!

He who writes poetry is a poet not!
He who embraces poetry as life -
and who lives his life as if it were poetry,
He alone is a poet!