I didn't get taught much poetry in school, maybe about five poems because when I was at school they thought I was stupid so they put me in a low class, I did however read a lot of poetry independently when I was a teenager.

I have to say I really like some of Mark Strands stuff especially the stuff he wrote about his father Number 4 of Elegy for My father (http://www.booklounge.ca/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307262974&view=excerpt) is my favorite.

I do love Eliot, he had a profound and lasting efect on me, though I much prefer Ash wednesday to The Waste land

In the UK (where I am) Poetry has to be taught