Thank you so much for reading and sharing your valuable feedback - I'll keep it in mind! :)

I quite enjoyed this! I think it is a work in-progress. Instead of  'telling' the audience "the magic is in xyz.." *show* us. 

For example, I thought this was brilliant: "Listening intently, offering kisses and balm, to lips chapped in grief and qualms". I wanted more of this. It captured the message (I felt) you were trying to convey. 

Good stuff keep writing!

I wrote it with the same intention in this pandemic - so glad you enjoyed it! :) Thank you.

I feel this, lol. Especially with Covid, since we're all stuck in our houses. It gets pretty easy to notice the mundane. You're poem captures it quite well. Even in isolation, we can see the magic every ordinary day things that wouldn't be of much interest to us otherwise. 

Great poem!

I love how inspiring and optimistic this poem is! To me, it’s a reminder that we can find ourselves everyday. We find ourselves in the little things that make us smile, the things often overlooked but so peaceful and  beautiful in their own unique way. Hope to see you post more!!

I really liked the message portrayed in this, great stuff, keep up the good work

Thank you for the suggestion and appreciation :) <3

Good use of enjambment. Well done! Personally I might use solitude instead of quietude, I think it flows a bit better. Very well done though!

i remembered Elizabeth Gilbert's book "Big Magic" from this. it sort of gave me the same message of how even if things aren't taking shape as you like it or perceive it, there are things around you that are also creations and can be the subject of your next one or take inspiration from. this piece is lovely.

If there's any magic in this world,  
It is in the mundanity  
It is in looking hard enough  
at the brown leaf, rusty and crisp,  
like an old potato chip  


Finding poetry in the empty parking lot  
quietude amongst shrieking chaos  
Cramming music in dull meetings,  
filling the idea board with art  


Carving out attention like a caveman,  
Serving it hot to stone-cold hearts  
Listening intently, offering kisses and balm,  
to lips chapped in grief and qualms  


Magic is in noticing the whistling train  
the enchanting unordinary tree  
the restless, growling wind's uneasy stomach  
It is in staying, finding majesty &amp; melancholy  
long after the lights turn off.   


\- Rochi, [read more](https://www.instagram.com/rochizalani/)

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Magic In The Mundane