We dont read and write poetry

Dead Poets Society ~ John Keating

And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, "O me! O life!.. of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless.. of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?" Answer. That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute.. - Dead Poets Society…

Poetry.

"we read and write poetry because we are members of the human race"

We don't read and write poetry because It's cute. We read and write poetry because we are the members of the human race ~Dead Poet's Society (1989)

"That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?" – Dead Poets Society