From The Same Seed

HOW A SLIPPERY SLOPE OF LANGUAGE DETERMINED THE DIVERGENT CAREER PATHS OF TWO POETS  

 
COMMON INTEREST……………CAREER PATH A………...CAREER PATH B  
POETRY………..…………………......Poet A………………..............Poet B  
Aesthetics…………………………....artiste…………………….........artist  
Language…………………………......word-smith……………….....scholar  
Ideas………………………………........free-thinker………………....original thinker  
Difference…………………………....eccentric………………….......sceptic  
Going against the flow………….non-conformist…………....individualist  
Freedom………………………….......mis-fit……………………..........maverick  
Unique perception………………..odd-ball………………….........bohemian  
Cutting edge…………………….......deviant…………………….......Avant-gardiste  
Making waves…………………….....rebel………………………........pioneer  
Thinking………………………….........contrarian thinker………...out-of-the-box thinker  
Theorising………………………........conspiracy theorist………..theorist  
Planning for a better world……radical……………………........revisionist  
Authenticity………………………......heretic……………………........savant  
Entrepreneurialism…………….....renegade…………………......outlier  
Initiating change……………….......dissident………………….......trail-blazer  
Setting things right……………......activist……………………........educator  
Standing their ground…………....refusenik…………………......master  
Suffering sacrifice…………..…......anarchist…………………......saviour        
Beating ‘the system’……………....criminal……………………......genius  
Garnering attention…………….....terrorist…………………….....star  
END-GAME……………………….........lock ‘em up………………....appoint them Poet Laureate