Probably all the attention to poetry results in some value though the attention is more often directed to lesser than to greater values.
Besides the actual reading in class of many poems I would suggest you do two...
I write poetry in order to live more fully.
I hope to one day co-sign a lease with another person but well it doesn't plague me that I have yet to do so. Put it this way: I've never had to violently tug at my own pillow at 2 A.M. to get myself to stop snoring.