I think there is a great difference, in that when the poet is reading you get the whole personality of the person, especially if he's a good reader. Whereas a person just sitting gets what he puts into it.
“A lot of things which come with a high profile will always be criticised one way or another.”
“I love my hockey, but if you can do that and go home and just be a dad and husband, then you have the best of both worlds.”