To be a poet, a good foundation of classical culture is necessary, in addition, more practice is needed. It is also helpful to cultivate poetry and painting in beautiful places!
Lyrics should not be regarded as poets. Of course, many people who write lyrics are also very talented and can only say that they are different types of works.
If you want to be a poet, I hope to read more books and ask clear questions, because there is flowing water from the source!
For reading classical literature, I can only recommend two works, Linz's Guanzi and Wen Gu's Guanzi, which is my personal experience. Among them, there are countless excellent works, many excellent works, good comments and suitable for appreciation.
The rest, such as The Book of Songs, 300 Tang Poems, 300 Song Poems, 300 Yuan Poems and a Thousand Poems, can be recited emphatically. Because I like poetry better, I also bought Wei and Jin poems, Yuefu poems, Qu Yuan's songs of Chu and so on, and I will come back and look at them when I have time.
If you are a student, you probably don't need to dabble too much. Just read one or two poems or ancient prose, recite them, and then gradually accumulate them. Literary accomplishment is not achieved overnight. Cultivate it slowly.