What would life be like without poems is kind of like saying what would life be like without the sun. We'd most likely die and seize to exist. Poems are an attribute in making us human. Shakespeare's sonnets spoke of true loves first kiss, and of a dying loves last. How could man express his thoughts without writing a giant descriptive book on his life? What would songs be called before they were sung? Poems are rebellious. They defy all rules of proper writing, and grammar. They are not perfect, but still beautiful. Just like us.