Why?

Have you ever wondered why people write poetry?

The Columbia History of British Poetry by Carl Woodring (PR 502 C62 1994) might help you understand.

"Literature in the shapeless galaxy of Indo-European languages has no brighter constellation than that of British poetry." There are 26 chapters each written by a different expert "...they remind us that poetry is a social record of the kinds of events ordinarily excluded from the histories written of various nations and peoples." (from the Introduction)