Poetry can be anything the writer wants it to be.
Don't get stuck thinking about Shakespeare or Wordsworth. To be a poet, the only thing you have to do is decide that what you want to say or write is poetry. Think about live poetry slams or The Beats who did poems in the shape of mushroom clouds and faces. National Poetry Month was initiated in 1996 to make people aware that there is more to poetry than pentameter this and rhyme scheme that. According to Lycos, there are over 300,000 poetry websites.