A good question, and one that many will ask. I hope that you will learn more as you accomplish this task.
Poetry can be fun.
It doesn't have to hurt. Hey, you may like it enough to write it on your shirt. Your task has several different parts, Exploring poetry forms and poets, Can help build your smarts. But after doing those things you won't yet be done, Writing your own poems and reading them to others Will be the most fun. Group Work 1.