to make of or to listen to

Poets who are not so much makers as they are listeners.

miracle worker

There are no miracles, there is only what you make.

—Tamara de Lempicka

build up and tear down

Poetry has always had its makers and its breakers.

no promise made

A poet makes a poem not a promise. And the reader’s disappointment is of minor concern.

made out of mist

A poem accomplished however implausible in its conception.

walls of sound

Poet, be a sound housebuilder.