I'm completely new to poetry, apart from being taught it at school. And my first and only poem came to me in my sleep.
My Navel is hairy, small and what you'd expect an 18 years of age male belly button to look like :]
My favourite poet/poem is the Divina Commedia by Dante Alighieri.
"Before me things create were none, save things
Eternal, and eternal I endure.
All hope abandon ye who enter here."