If you want to write poetry, it would help to learn about the creative process. So here's another inspiring person to listen to. I love this TED talk, and recommend listening. Here is the description from the TED site: Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses -- and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person "being" a genius, all of us "have" a genius. It's a funny, personal and surprisingly moving talk... Elizabeth Gilbert, The author of "Eat, Pray, Love."...