Poeta nascitur, non fit.
The poet is born, not made.

The first poem by e. e. cummings that I found nascitur in is V in `is 5':

yonder deadfromtheneckup graduate of a
somewhat obscure to be sure university spends
her time looking picturesque under

the as it happens quite
erroneous impression that he

nascitur

The rather bitter remarks about the woman involved suggest a few things. Mayhap the woman is enamoured with some man (other than cummings clearly; perhaps he would like her attention) and it is declared that he is not of any innate quality and talent. Or perhaps she is with a man upon whom she builds her own picture of happiness and in truth he is not so real, he is her `made' version and he is not born, not really the way she believes. She makes herself picturesque so it would seem this is for someone she does not yet have. Kalea's suggestion that nascitur resembles `notices her' seems another layer too, a very clever enfolding of things. And another idea, maybe (the nascitur/poet link being so tantalizing) she attends to the works of another poet and cummings despises the fact that she would not be seeking his favours.

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