Nothing in life is outside the scope of poetry! ;-P

(An extract from) Olympic fireworks by Mark O'Connor (written in the year 2000)

Never such cracking and banging,
such warding off of midnight demons
as we declare wars on the clouds;
galaxies born out of nothing
roar and fade.

Full poem here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2000/sep/23/poetry.features