You don't really need to know how to write poetry to be a poet.

Talk about sad things.
Start new lines in the middle of your
sentences.

Break up - words,
Punctuate?
Punctuate incorrectly;

Talk about
cigarettes and coffee
And how rainy days remind you of him

Capitalize Words For No Reason.
Make Them Seem Important.

lowercase words for shyness and naiveté.

Curse as much as you ******* want.
Be ANGRY
sad...
Anything you want to be.

Poetry is art.
Art is subjective.
And you are the artist.