Looking at the past poetry was seen as more than just an art, it was almost like a sport. People would get together to hear poets freestyle, good wordplay was as important as a good football match is nowadays. On our daily lives poetry has lost this importance but we still regard it as one of the purest arts and a very particular branch of culture since poetry is different in every country, with different styles and obviously different languages leading to a lot of diversity. But now let's imagine a day with no poetry.
It might seem easy and to many of you it might even sound like a regular day. Well I'm challenging you to think again and think harder, poetry is more present than it might seem. Although it's not a requirement, most of the music we listen to is an interpretation of poetry. Lyrics are poetry. But we could all go through a day without music, regardless of how awful that does sound. So let's take it a step further, let's think of how poetry is indirectly involved in our lives. One thing poetry has been key in since its genesis is at developing different types of figures of speech like metaphors or anaphors. Therefore it's fair to assume that in a universe where poetry doesn't exist, figures of speech would be barely existing. A world without figures of speech is a world incapable of appreciating beauty, a world unaware of what is missing on but an unhappy world. A world where love would be displayed in shades of grey.
I don't wish to live in that world, therefore I'll continue to read poetry, I'll write sometimes, and I'll never forget how important it is to each and every human being on earth.