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Michael Pendragon wrote:

> On Friday, July 22, 2022 at 8:36:38 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>> On Friday, July 22, 2022 at 8:32:30 PM UTC-4, michaelmalef...@gmail.com wrote:
>> > On Friday, July 22, 2022 at 4:07:32 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>> > > On Friday, July 22, 2022 at 2:42:42 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
>
>> > > > > > "Philip Larkin would leave half-finished poems in a drawer for decades
>> > > > > > until he found the right lines to complete them. Let’s reserve the word
>> > > > > > 'poet' for writers who respect language enough to do things like that."
>> > > > > > https://www.theage.com.au/culture/music/bob-dylan-a-great-poet-a-great-delusion-more-like-it-20220502-p5ahrz.html
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > "Dumb ass. Real poets can write a poem as easily as some of us think.
>> > > > > > In other words, it doesn’t take fucking decades."
>> > > > > > https://groups.google.com/g/alt.arts.poetry.comments/c/i7lvIdnUvwU/m/PV9DS2-UAgAJ?hl=en
>> > > > > Well put, George.
>> > > > We can now add "well put" to the ever-growing list of words and phrases Will Donkey refuses to understand.
>> > > No, I understand it perfectly.
>> > Obviously not.
>> >
>> > George copy/pasted two quotes.
>> >
>> > He didn't *write/explain* anything, so your "well put" would not apply.
>> Sure it does.

> Well put
> Adjective

> Of a point, argument, etc.: skilfully phrased.

> Per Wiktionary.

> George didn't phrase/argue anything in his copy/paste, so there was nothing in his post that could have been "well put."

George Dance was making a definite point with the two quotes.