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Line from a poem: Odd as a poet.

Red_Marauder · 2010-03-10 03:47:42

I recently wrote a piece (of poetry) with the simile "odd as a poet" somewhere in it. The problem is I'm not sure if it's actually originally by another writer. I have googled the term, and there is nothing coming up, but I still have this bad feeling that my mind has simply remembered it from another person's work. If so,…

10-03-2010 3:47am

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Red_Marauder

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I recently wrote a piece (of poetry) with the simile "odd as a poet" somewhere in it. The problem is I'm not sure if it's actually originally by another writer.

I have googled the term, and there is nothing coming up, but I still have this bad feeling that my mind has simply remembered it from another person's work. If so, I obviously don't want to retain it. I have a feeling it might have appeared in a Paddy Kavanagh poem.

Can anyone help, do you know of its use elsewhere?

Many thanks

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#2 10-03-2010 3:06pm

pickarooney

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I've never heard it before, it that's any use to you.

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