I have a knack for writing expansive pieces and as a write I like plot a great deal. So here is some advice if you are like me and prefer the short story to the poem but you have to write some poetry. Tell a story a poem does not have to have a plot but mine do, forget about about structure rhythm and rhyme and focus on imagery, through similes and metaphors.

Also for fun try some writing in the second person I have recently written a short story and a poem on this and they both came out quite well.