I think it comes from really liking literary forms. Poetry is very beautiful but the space on the page can be as affecting as where the text is. Like when Miles Davis doesn't play it has a poignancy to it.
If you go into a bar in most places in America and even say the word poetry...
I write poetry in order to live more fully.
Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.