It seems there are a lot of would-be poets out there.

Donal, a would-be poet, is not in flight from the authorities but from himself.

Poets and would-be poets read for three minutes, after which audience members rate them on a scale of 1 to 10.

But in the relentlessly competitive world of politics, even would-be poets try to outdo one another.

For would-be poets and artists, no matter how young, being published is not easy.

Indeed, her methods were also copied by other would-be poets seeking to try something a little bit unique.

"The son of an overly patriotic would-be poet."

Francisquita is in love with student and would-be poet, Fernando.

Trick was a would-be poet who had several poems published in local papers.

Gradually, the would-be poet discovered that he was moving more toward prose, away from fiction and on to "something else," as Capote put it.