Response to Creative City

Creative City

to look, and not avert one's gaze;
that is where all the art is, the passion
and the city. people who do not look,
cannot see canvas, or poems or

notes for
happiness.
art does not begin with art,
but in the eyes. the eyes are everything;
when you look up at another,
and look away without a smile,

you have killed
everything you want to
bring home, oh citizen.


Creative City is an interesting poem written in free verse. The poem basically describes they way people in cities look at art. The poet describes that people who do not look for art, will never find it and that art begins with the eyes. The natural beauty within a city is spectacular but this poem describes the people that who do not open their eyes to look at what we have at our fingertips. The poet uses free verse to describe is argument with no clear rhyming scheme or meter. He uses deep description to explain what people cannot see if they dont look. For example, "people who do not look, cannot see canvas, poems..." states that if you do not open your eyes, you will not see any of the creative features that lie around us in the natural beauty. This poem brings a new perspective to looking art because you can visualize any natural beauty that comes up in your mind first. People have different perspectives of each piece of nature and this poem helps you define that.