Everyday Miracles: Inspired by Poetry.

I would like to start off giving a definition of the word miracle. A miracle is an extremely outstanding thing or event. One everyday miracle I am going to focus on is being fortunate enough to eat. Eating is a great thing, it keeps us alive! But many of us take what seem to be everyday activities, like eating, for granted. For many people, it is a spectacular miracle just to have food on the …

…astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture room, How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick, Till rising and gliding out I wandered off by myself, In the mystical moist night air, and from time to time, Looked up in perfect silence at the stars." Whitman is writing about the boredom of the scientific and technical part of astronomy, and later is able to just appreciate the stars for what they are.