Poetry All Around Us

 

In one of the TED-Ed videos we watched in class this week, it talked about how poetry is all around us. I personally never really noticed this, but would like to expand on it a little more. The video stressed how poetic rhythms can be seen in our everyday lives. For example, us, ourselves, have rhythms built into our very bodies. We have a steady, repeating pulse and we take deep breaths in and out to survive. Poetic patterns can also be seen in song lyrics, items we see everyday, and activities we take part in. For example, if we zoomed in close on a fallen leaf of a tree in our backyard, we would see that it has a pattern, a design on it. 

Because our everyday lives are full of poetic patterns, noticing and interpreting them would definitely assist us in understanding and even writing our own poetry. For instance, the repetition of the chirping of birds is beautiful, but not when it’s repeated too much. Then, it can start to get annoying and just a little too much. The same thing can be applied to our own poetry writing. Repetition is pleasing, but not when it is used overwhelmingly. Also, we see so many amazing shapes in our lives. From the soft curve of the moon to the sharp lines of a box, poets can use these shapes as inspirations to shape their poems. Writing a poem about the moon in the shape of a moon can help the poet beautify their writing even more. Everyday patterns in our lives are great influences to poetic patterns and taking notice of them can guide us in interpreting what seems like complex poetry.