Maybe this guy isn't everyone's bag, but at the moment he's top of my list of favourites. Gut wrenchingly honest observations of life...

http://www.poemhunter.com/charles-bukowski/

Who's my favourite poet? It must be me. My goal in life is to become the best. Simply to be known as `'er the poet', sweet. Can you teach me!? It's hard to pin down one particular favourite but I can remember as a child being spellbound when the teacher read out Walter De La Mare to the class. That was the origin of inspiration. `'Is there anybody there'? said the traveller...' is on my fav list.