What a does poet do?

What does a poet do but write ideas noble and true
What does a poet do but speak through beauties muse
What does a poet do but cry and not know why
What does a poet do but bare their inner soul on paper for all to read
What does a poet do with scorn but get inspired to write it away
What does a poet do filled with inner light but try and do what's write
What does a poet do but birth a new way thinking about life