writing about everyday surroundings

I’ve noticed that a lot of the time people feel the need to write poetry about very exciting things that didn’t exactly happened, and were merely influenced by everyday occurrences. However, I think that sometimes making simple things seem big are better than just writing about big things. For example ‘The Day that Lady Died’ by Frank O’Hara is a simple recollection of his day. When I write I noticed I tend to write more about simple things, such as movie and book references or little things that we see every day, a post card, a glass of water. I also feel that in a way modern poetry might be moving that way- to an extent, with more simple topics, and a simpler layout. Again, however this is just my opinion. Although as just a thought I think that this may have been a beneficial thing to practice in class, rather than rhyme or iambic pentameter things that I feel today seemed forced and cheesy. However, back in the day when things were written in rhyme or iambic, the language seemed to be much more elegant as well. Today our language is not elegant, it’s lost its elegance, and mostly there are slang terms that we as young writers are accustomed with. So case in point I think we should write about the simple things, rather it be soaking your toes in the water while smoking a J, or the nervous feeling crossing the stage when you find you won the talent part of a beauty contest. I find it much more relatable, and much more interesting.