I think most academic writing would benefit from more attention to readability. Writing about any kind of research in a more accessible, more readable way should really be part of the writing process no matter what. If you've done awesome research, but communicate about it ineffectively, you're doing a disservice to your own work. I think ideally, academic writing should be readable and interesting but still sophisticated and complex.
This is BS. Science should be focused on results and how to achieve them. Understanding primary research takes five years (BSc + Msc), and even then it requires hard work; Producing primary research is still a different league. I would think that 99% of primary research will not be read by the general public because they don't care enough to put in the hard work. Those who are willing wont need a poem to do it.