"It is difficult to get the news from poetry, yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there."- William Carlos Williams

I would have to disagree with what Williams is saying in the quote above.  I live my life everyday without reading poetry and I personally do not feel that it would change my life in any way.  If I suddenly just decided to read poetry it wouldn't change who I am.  I would still be the same person as I was before I read poetry and after I read poetry.