Like music, or anything else, when you find one you like, read more. Find out what the writer(s) you enjoyed liked to read and read that, and so on. I came to

Like music, or anything else, when you find one you like, read more. Find out what the writer(s) you enjoyed liked to read and read that, and so on. I came to love of poetry through music, but also feverous reading in high school followed by an unfinished classical education. So I started out just doing that first—enjoy something and then follow up on it. It resulted in my spending every spare period in the library going through the stacks and making friends with the librarian who let me access to the officially banned books that they kept stashed for special sign-outs. The writers I still read the most of are the ones I came to through my own meandering interest. That said, I've been introduced to writers and approaches that I never would have outside of the halls and impositions of university and I appreciate the insight that provided. So if you're ever invested in the pursuit enough, you'll definitely be exposed to art you never knew existed if you take a poetry course at a local college or university. Some of it will be a drag, and you'll also meet some people with their heads jammed deeply up their asses, but don't let that ruin it for you—those types are everywhere, just a different flavour. If you're lucky you'll find a kindred spirit, either in a writer or in a classmate. Poetry doesn't win you a lot of friends in North American culture, but I made one when right after I left high school and we still enjoy talking and sharing art to this day.