/lit/ - Literature

I want to start writing poetry. Where do I start? What poets should I read? Should I go in order from ancient greece to modern times reading poetry, or just start writing? Help please.

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The moon shimmers in green water.
White herons fly through the moonlight.

The young man hears a girl gathering water-chestnuts:
into the night, singing, they paddle home together.

--Li Bai, "Autumn River Song"

Who are the most important contemporary philosophers /lit/? Who should we be paying attention to?

What would a good "intro to logic" reading list be? I'm more interested in grokking current best thinking than knowing all the ins and outs of the history of the field (although I realize a lot of that is obviously necessary) and I'd rather read original texts than a summary book.