Poem 1: Haikus
As the sun peeks out
Over the tall green trees
It’s rays begin to warm us
The falls come crashing down
In between two countries
Divided
Facebook status—
Failure to update means
You are forgotten
Through the mountain
Is a tunnel
To the other side
One blemish
On a perfect record
Can ruin your life
One wrong decision
Can change your life
Forever
To write these poems I would just think of a meaningful sentence, then I’d divide it into 3 parts. I incorporated some personification into some of the haikus make the objects and ideas seem more humanlike.
Poem 2: Free Verse
Being in the wrong place
At the wrong time
Can get you convicted of something
That you could never have done
When the cop cuffs you
And reads you your rights
“You have the rights to remain silent”
You know you didn’t do it
In the car ride to the station
You try to reason with the officer
But he just ignores you
You know you didn’t do it
On the prison transport bus
You try to reason with the Warden
But he just ignores you
You know it’s not you
When your time is over, 20 years later
Your life will be different forever
Because you were convicted of a crime
That you know you didn’t do
To write this poem I thought of something that could ruin your life and I wrote about it. I didn’t use any literary devices because I didn’t think my poem needed literary devices to make the
Poem #3: Sonnet
Baseball is a lot more than just a game
The bases, the players, the field, the coach
And all the best are in the Hall Of Fame
The player walks toward the plate on his approach
Around the bases the players do run
Fast as they can, so they don’t get called out
They run so fast like they’re being chased with a gun
The crack of the bat makes everyone want to shout
As the batter rounds the bases everyone cheers
The pitcher is as mad as a Lyon
But the batter has done this for many years
The batters name is either Brian or Ryan
All these things about baseball I do love
Baseball was sent from the gods above
This poem was very hard to write because I had to make each line have 10 syllables and also I had to follow the correct rhyming scheme (ABAB CDCD EFEF GG). I used similes in this poem to compare two things.
Heart Poem Reading Response
The poem “Touchscreen” contains many literary devices such as repetition and irony. There are many examples of repetition. The first one is “Doesn’t it feel good to touch? /Doesn’t it feel good to touch? /Doesn’t it feel good to touch?” This repetition is used to put emphasis on the certain sentence. Also, the word “click” is repeated many times in the end of the poem to show how much people are “clicking” digital technology. Another literary device is irony. One example, is “my problems can be solved with a 1600 by 1700 resolution.” This is ironic because problems can’t be solved by a certain amount of pixels. In addition, another example of irony “When our technology is advance enough…/to make us human again.” This is ironic because our technology won’t be able to touch us back for a very long time.
The poem’s meaning is that technology is getting too advanced and the human race is getting too absorbed in their devices. One example is “but with 3,000 friends online /only five I can count in real life / why wouldn’t I spend more time in a world where more people that ‘like’ me.” This quote shows the meaning of the poem. It also shows how the writer of the poem feels about technology.
My reaction to the poem is that it is very creative and very well written. It is also a very interesting topic. One line that is very good is “I face Facebook/ more than books face me/ hoping to/ book face-to-faces.” I like this line because of all the repetition with the words “face” and “book.” Another line that I like is “I update my status/ 420 spaces/ to prove that I am still breathing.” I like this line because it shows many different aspects of technology. My overall reaction is that the poem is very good and flows really well.
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