It's a toss up between Poe and the Bard, ol' quakin' Shakespeare. Poe made a poem so good that it was a whole story in a Treehouse of Horror episode of the Simpsons, 95% word-for-word, and Shakespeare... hell, I know it's kinda odd for a dude to say this, but the Baz Luhrmann version of Romeo + Juliet was frickin' cool. Cool as sheeeeit. And Shakes' was a dirty old git, as well, which is cool.
You guys are way behind. Come to think of it, you should just write an essay on the ample handfuls of poetry to be found beneath Bit-tech's satin corset.