How has poetry helped/ changed/ affected you

[billy]

now you mention the ancient mariner, i'm reminded of Hemingway 'the old man and the sea' saw Spencer Tracy play the lead role and read the book on the face of it. both superb though the old man and the sea wasn't poetry. i suppose it (poetry) helped me read with more attention to detail. one thing i did take from poetry as positive; i realised poetry isn't just visible in text. i see it all over the damn place, in everyday objects. not to be cliche but the beauty of poetry amazes me. it's all there for us to interpret and transcribe into something that evokes an image or insight within us. so it gave me clarity.