A novelist writes to inform and enlighten others of a story he wants to create
A poet writes selfishly of what he feels for his own agenda that he alone may relate
A novelist writes methodically of what he sees and hears for his reader's reaction
A poet jots down his internal feelings on a moment's whim for his own satisfaction
Its not that a poet minds the sharing of what he has created for others to read
It's for others to understand completely his meaning he doesn't have the need
A novelist will be informative, using nouns and verbs will write at great lengths
But a good poet knows it's in simple unadorned adjectives that lay his strengths