Poetry of everyday life. 

An example of poetry in everyday life I think often goes ignored is that of architecture and human civilization. Everywhere you go you see houses, roads, signs, and landmarks that all had to be crafted by people. If you stop to appreciate the size of great buildings like the ones here on campus, or just the one you live in, you will see the great work of poetry that lay around you. It must be designed, and carefully planned, like the base of any good poem, by the architect, or writer. A statue or carving must be crafted by the hands of a different sort of poet, who uses physical object to express his work upon the world. Museums are also a great place to experience poetry. Not only are there many great statues, but paintings, which make another great example of poetry. Colors and feelings crafted seamlessly onto a page to represent a person, a place, or just a feeling of pure emotion. I believe paintings to be very comparable to poetry, as just as much feeling, emotion, and even story can be absorbed through appreciation of either. Something else you might appreciate in a museum is the poetry that is the human being. On the surface it appears quite simple, but inside it is very complicated, intricate, and perfectly molded together to form something that has life and feeling. These were the best examples of poetry in everyday life I could think of, essentially anything with a complicated structure that has the potential to be amazing and beautiful if we are willing to look at the inner workings of what we see. Save perhaps for paintings i would say all these examples are very often overlooked, and all are certainly a great example of poetry that is a part of our lives on a daily basis.