I have to retract the points made by me in this thread a few months back
I will always choose a great novel over great poetry, but my general ignorance of it has subsided recently. Despite that, I don't have a great knowledge of poetry, so I would much appreciate it if somebody could recommend some lesser known poets for me to get acquainted with (I don't need to be told about Whitman, Byron, Baudelaire and so on ...)