You are someone and you have a right to your life.
Never write a poem about anything that ought to have a poem written about it.
Don't write love poems when you're in love. Write them when you're not in love.
Scholars look for final truths they will never find. Creative writers concern themselves with possibilities that are always there to the receptive.
A good creative-writing teacher can save a good writer a lot of time.
I think it's better if you write poems that look like you.